Cletus
Boy · KLEE-tus · Greek
Cletus is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “called, summoned”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Cletus mean?
Greek: short form of Anacletus, from Greek kletos
“called, summoned”
Saint Cletus, also called Anacletus, is listed as the third pope after Peter and Linus.
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Is Cletus a girl's or a boy's name?
Cletus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cletus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Cletus, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 233 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the boys named Cletus in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1950, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cletus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,313 |
| 1969 | 38 | #1,280 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,314 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1966 | 62 | #926 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,000 |
| 1964 | 66 | #936 |
| 1963 | 62 | #955 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1961 | 63 | #966 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,020 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,080 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,025 |
| 1957 | 64 | #943 |
| 1956 | 57 | #985 |
| 1955 | 67 | #905 |
| 1954 | 63 | #932 |
| 1953 | 62 | #907 |
| 1952 | 75 | #807 |
| 1951 | 86 | #748 |
| 1950 | 81 | #760 |
| 1949 | 82 | #760 |
| 1948 | 78 | #765 |
| 1947 | 79 | #770 |
| 1946 | 87 | #695 |
| 1945 | 88 | #645 |
| 1944 | 74 | #720 |
| 1943 | 101 | #633 |
| 1942 | 88 | #683 |
| 1941 | 105 | #578 |
| 1940 | 96 | #602 |
| 1939 | 99 | #574 |
| 1938 | 97 | #601 |
| 1937 | 119 | #531 |
| 1936 | 127 | #504 |
| 1935 | 137 | #482 |
| 1934 | 134 | #495 |
| 1933 | 125 | #501 |
| 1932 | 156 | #454 |
| 1931 | 132 | #498 |
| 1930 | 177 | #441 |
| 1929 | 159 | #465 |
| 1928 | 160 | #481 |
| 1927 | 193 | #438 |
| 1926 | 200 | #429 |
| 1925 | 184 | #442 |
| 1924 | 226 | #407 |
| 1923 | 200 | #427 |
| 1922 | 233 | #391 |
| 1921 | 174 | #466 |
| 1920 | 173 | #463 |
| 1919 | 168 | #451 |
| 1918 | 200 | #414 |
| 1917 | 189 | #411 |
| 1916 | 171 | #433 |
| 1915 | 154 | #438 |
| 1914 | 97 | #497 |
| 1913 | 83 | #475 |
| 1912 | 66 | #484 |
| 1911 | 34 | #506 |
| 1910 | 28 | #537 |
| 1909 | 31 | #453 |
| 1908 | 30 | #438 |
| 1907 | 24 | #472 |
| 1906 | 14 | #640 |
| 1905 | 19 | #525 |
| 1904 | 15 | #587 |
| 1903 | 15 | #576 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 12 | #596 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
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