Cletus
About Cletus
Sometimes used as a short-form of Catholic Pope name Anacletus, Cletus is an ancient name that has not-yet found the popularity of Theodore, Leo, Atticus and Max. It perhaps suffers from its association to the yokel character in The Simpsons , but we think it's time for a reconsideration, given how well it fits into several current trends. Nickname Clete is cute as a button!
Pronounced CLEE-tuhs.
As of October 2026, Cletus ranked #8382 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #391 in 1922.
Editor's take: The name Cletus is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "called forth".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Famous Cletuss
- Cletus Erik Thule Andersson
Swedish water polo player
- Cletus "Clete" Blakeman
American football official
- Cletus Ibeto
Nigerian businessman
- Cletus Seldin
American boxer
- Cletus Segbe Wotorson
Liberian politician and geologist
- Cletus Handley Francis "Clete" Turner
Australian AFL footballer
- Cletus "Clete" Patterson
American NFL player
- Robert Cletus "Bobby" Driscoll
American actor
- Cletus Ositadimma Udeogaranya
Nigerian Engineer
Cletus in pop culture
- Cletus Spuckler aka Cletus the Slack
Jawed Yokel, hillbilly character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Cletus
character from the movie "The Grave"
- Cletus Hogg
deputy on TV's "The Dukes of Hazzard"
- Cletus Kasady aka Carnage
Marvel Comics supervillain
- Cletus Jones
character in Starkid's" The Trail to Oregon" (he's killed three people!).