Is Cleotha a boy or girl name?

Cleotha is a unisex name. Of the 1,042 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 28.0% were girls and 72.0% were boys. It changed hands in 1934, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Cleotha

Recorded 1917–1992 · United States

Cleotha was most popular in 1950, when 35 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,670 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,042 people named Cleotha.

Cleotha over time

Births per year. The dot marks Cleotha’s peak in 1950. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Cleotha a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cleotha is a unisex name — 28.0% of the 1,042 Americans given it were girls and 72.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 1934 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Cleotha

Where Cleotha is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Mississippi 78.0×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org