Cletus
1 country#8243 in United States, 2025US
#8243
in United States, 2025
Total births recorded
7,709
Peak year (United States)
1922
Peak-year count
243
First recorded
1886
Popularity over time in United States
Cletus’s recorded births by year, scaled to its own peak year.
Country by country
United States
7,709 births recorded 1886–2025 · currently #8243 · peaked in 1922 with 243 births
Most common in: Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Pennsylvania
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Cletus’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | #7831 | — |
| 2004 | #6976 | ↑855 |
| 2006 | #12055 | ↓5079 |
| 2007 | #12367 | ↓312 |
| 2008 | #11037 | ↑1330 |
| 2009 | #12491 | ↓1454 |
| 2011 | #8767 | ↑3724 |
| 2012 | #12274 | ↓3507 |
| 2013 | #8789 | ↑3485 |
| 2014 | #9642 | ↓853 |
| 2015 | #8744 | ↑898 |
| 2016 | #10744 | ↓2000 |
| 2017 | #10775 | ↓31 |
| 2018 | #9670 | ↑1105 |
| 2019 | #10803 | ↓1133 |
| 2020 | #8739 | ↑2064 |
| 2021 | #7587 | ↑1152 |
| 2022 | #8300 | ↓713 |
| 2024 | #10938 | ↓2638 |
| 2025 | #8243 | ↑2695 |
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