Is Cletis a boy or girl name?

Cletis is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,762 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 9.0% were girls and 91.0% were boys.

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Cletis

Recorded 1904–1996 · United States

Cletis was most popular in 1924, when 52 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,983 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,762 people named Cletis.

Cletis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Cletis’s peak in 1924. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Cletis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cletis is mostly a boy’s name — 9.0% of the 1,762 Americans given it were girls and 91.0% were boys.

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 Cletis

Where Cletis is most concentrated

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

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