How Many People Are Named Cletis?
people named Cletis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 573,464 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,762 babies named Cletis in Social Security records from 1904 to 1996, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
52 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CLETUS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cletis, 1.9% were girls and 98.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Cletis fell from 20.2% in the 1910s to 0% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cletis alive today is about 64 years old, and 66% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cletis first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 1924, to 52 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1996.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 1996
🏆 Rank History
Cletis has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,074, in 1924.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,074 (1924) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,201 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cletis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cletis were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 14 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cletis was given 10.6 times as often in Missouri and 8.2 times in Kentucky.
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