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.

Cletus

#1,357 most common boys' name of all time · #3,257 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1886–2025

Rank among boys
#1,357
Rank overall
#3,257 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
7,709
Since 2016
67
Peak year
1922 #393
Best rank
#393 1922
Girls Boys peak 243/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Cletus first appears in 1886. 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
2025 — 9 9 #8,265
2024 — 6 6 #10,975
2022 — 9 9 #8,337
2021 — 10 10 #7,612
2020 — 8 8 #8,768
2019 — 6 6 #10,846
2018 — 7 7 #9,703
2017 — 6 6 #10,825
2016 — 6 6 #10,780
2015 — 8 8 #8,784
2014 — 7 7 #9,682
2013 — 8 8 #8,831
2012 — 5 5 #12,314
2011 — 8 8 #8,798
2009 — 5 5 #12,566
2008 — 6 6 #11,080
2007 — 5 5 #12,433
2006 — 5 5 #12,117
2004 — 10 10 #7,004
2003 — 8 8 #7,871
2002 — 8 8 #7,683
2001 — 11 11 #6,044
2000 — 6 6 #9,171
1999 — 12 12 #5,336
1998 — 5 5 #9,680
1997 — 11 11 #5,310
1996 — 10 10 #5,569
1994 — 9 9 #5,900
1993 — 11 11 #5,032
1991 — 17 17 #3,481
1990 — 10 10 #5,024
1989 — 16 16 #3,475
1988 — 12 12 #3,930
1987 — 13 13 #3,545
1986 — 18 18 #2,798
1985 — 19 19 #2,610
1984 — 17 17 #2,722
1983 — 21 21 #2,351
1982 — 20 20 #2,444
1981 — 28 28 #1,953
1980 — 25 25 #2,120
1979 — 24 24 #2,118
1978 — 18 18 #2,488
1977 — 21 21 #2,224
1976 — 29 29 #1,755
1975 — 18 18 #2,382
1974 — 20 20 #2,141
1973 — 22 22 #1,940
1972 — 28 28 #1,657
1971 — 31 31 #1,569
1970 — 40 40 #1,323
1969 — 38 38 #1,285
1968 — 34 34 #1,324
1967 — 52 52 #1,012
1966 — 62 62 #929
1965 — 54 54 #1,008
1964 — 66 66 #941
1963 — 62 62 #957
1962 — 49 49 #1,098
1961 — 63 63 #975
1960 — 56 56 #1,025
1959 — 51 51 #1,083
1958 — 55 55 #1,031
1957 — 64 64 #947
1956 — 57 57 #990
1955 — 67 67 #911
1954 — 63 63 #936
1953 — 62 62 #913
1952 — 75 75 #810
1951 — 86 86 #757
1950 — 81 81 #765
1949 — 82 82 #762
1948 5 78 83 #771
1947 — 79 79 #776
1946 — 87 87 #697
1945 — 88 88 #648
1944 5 74 79 #724
1943 5 101 106 #638
1942 5 88 93 #685
1941 5 105 110 #578
1940 7 96 103 #604
1939 — 99 99 #578
1938 6 97 103 #603
1937 6 119 125 #531
1936 — 127 127 #507
1935 5 137 142 #484
1934 — 134 134 #495
1933 6 125 131 #502
1932 — 156 156 #456
1931 11 132 143 #500
1930 — 177 177 #444
1929 14 159 173 #465
1928 9 160 169 #482
1927 13 193 206 #439
1926 13 200 213 #430
1925 13 184 197 #443
1924 16 226 242 #410
1923 — 200 200 #428
1922 10 233 243 #393
1921 13 174 187 #467
1920 9 173 182 #463
1919 13 168 181 #453
1918 16 200 216 #414
1917 12 189 201 #411
1916 11 171 182 #433
1915 9 154 163 #439
1914 6 97 103 #499
1913 7 83 90 #481
1912 7 66 73 #490
1911 5 34 39 #512
1910 — 28 28 #545
1909 — 31 31 #461
1908 — 30 30 #448
1907 — 24 24 #485
1906 — 14 14 #668
1905 — 19 19 #546
1904 — 15 15 #610
1903 — 15 15 #593
1902 — 10 10 #789
1901 — 12 12 #636
1900 — 15 15 #678
1899 5 10 15 #711
1898 5 8 13 #876
1897 — 9 9 #781
1896 — 11 11 #718
1895 — 10 10 #734
1894 — 10 10 #728
1893 — 12 12 #613
1892 — 5 5 #1,206
1891 — 5 5 #1,096
1888 — 5 5 #1,139
1886 — 5 5 #1,083