Cletus was the #8,243 boys' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies).
Cletus as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#8,243 (9)
2024
#10,938 (6)
2022
#8,300 (9)
2021
#7,587 (10)
2020
#8,739 (8)
2019
#10,803 (6)
2018
#9,670 (7)
2017
#10,775 (6)
2016
#10,744 (6)
2015
#8,744 (8)
2014
#9,642 (7)
2013
#8,789 (8)
2012
#12,274 (5)
2011
#8,767 (8)
2009
#12,491 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1922 at #391.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1886.
In 1948, 6% of US babies named Cletus were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.