How Many People Are Named Cleta?
people named Cleta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 295,917 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,013 babies named Cleta in Social Security records from 1885 to 1980, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
136 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cleta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cleta alive today is about 76 years old, and 89% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 69 and 85 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cleta first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1935, to 136 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1980.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 1980
🏆 Rank History
Cleta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #549, in 1935.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #549 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #693 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cleta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cleta were born in Oklahoma than in any other state: about 157 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cleta was given 13.6 times as often in Oklahoma, 6.2 times in Missouri and 5.2 times in Kansas.
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