How Many People Are Named Clete?
people named Clete are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,430,062 people in the US has this name
Based on 281 babies named Clete in Social Security records from 1948 to 2017, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
18 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Clete in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Clete alive today is about 50 years old, and 48% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 45 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Clete first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 1965, to 18 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2017.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2017
🏆 Rank History
Clete has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,867, in 1965.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,867 (1965) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,760 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Clete alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Clete were born in California than in any other state: about 3 of those alive today.
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