Masculine dossier · first seen 1886

Cletus

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cletus
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.4% from peak

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

233

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1886Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

97.4%

2024

All-time

7,426

Cletus once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 233 boys were named Cletus.

In 2024, only 6 boys were given the name.

Down 97.4% from its peak.

All told, about 7,426 Americans have been named Cletus and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1886.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.4% from peak

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