Cletus — #10920 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cletus

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,426 babies named Cletus between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cletus currently holds the #10920 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 233 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cletus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,902 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Cletus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 575 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Cletus in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cletus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,426 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.