Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cleotha**

#4,692 most common boys' name of all time · #11,558 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1917–1992 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#4,692
Rank overall
#11,558 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
1,042
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1950 #1,565
Best rank
#1,543 1949
Girls Boys peak 35/yr
1920194019601980

Cleotha first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1992 5 5 #8,635
1991 5 5 #8,464
1986 5 5 #6,964
1985 7 7 #5,304
1983 5 5 #6,471
1982 7 7 #5,163
1981 5 5 #6,503
1980 5 5 #6,489
1979 5 5 #6,311
1978 5 5 #6,002
1977 7 7 #4,738
1976 6 6 #5,138
1975 6 6 #4,995
1974 5 5 #5,430
1973 5 7 12 #4,196
1972 6 6 #4,628
1971 11 11 #3,050
1970 5 5 #4,985
1969 5 5 #4,634
1968 13 13 #2,392
1967 13 13 #2,301
1966 7 7 #3,399
1965 9 9 #2,897
1964 6 6 #3,827
1963 5 12 17 #2,503
1962 17 17 #2,006
1961 14 14 #2,294
1960 14 14 #2,276
1959 6 15 21 #2,172
1958 22 22 #1,714
1957 9 9 #2,952
1956 15 15 #2,154
1955 20 20 #1,777
1954 16 16 #2,026
1953 13 13 #2,264
1952 18 18 #1,850
1951 15 15 #2,044
1950 12 23 35 #1,565
1949 8 24 32 #1,543
1948 5 9 14 #2,747
1947 21 21 #1,690
1946 7 8 15 #2,861
1945 17 17 #1,687
1944 5 16 21 #1,801
1943 5 18 23 #1,757
1942 7 14 21 #2,030
1941 9 17 26 #1,751
1940 10 11 21 #2,315
1939 7 9 16 #2,588
1938 8 14 22 #1,970
1937 7 11 18 #2,320
1936 5 9 14 #2,607
1935 8 14 22 #2,023
1934 13 15 28 #1,925
1933 15 13 28 #2,087
1932 11 13 24 #2,183
1931 6 13 19 #2,204
1930 11 7 18 #3,516
1929 7 13 20 #2,308
1928 8 8
1927 9 9 18 #3,123
1926 9 10 19 #2,885
1925 13 6 19 #4,065
1924 6 10 16 #3,006
1923 9 9 18 #3,149
1922 13 12 25 #2,624
1921 13 8 21 #3,482
1920 11 8 19 #3,451
1919 6 9 15 #3,096
1918 5 5
1917 8 8