Cletus
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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!
Cletus is also given to girls.
Pronounced KLEE-tus.
As of October 2026, Cletus ranked #8382 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #391 in 1922.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Cletus on lists
Famous Cletuss
- Cletus Erik Thule AnderssonBoy
Swedish water polo player
- Cletus "Clete" BlakemanBoy
American football official
- Cletus IbetoBoy
Nigerian businessman
- Cletus SeldinBoy
American boxer
- Cletus Segbe WotorsonBoy
Liberian politician and geologist
- Cletus Handley Francis "Clete" TurnerBoy
Australian AFL footballer
- Cletus "Clete" PattersonBoy
American NFL player
- Robert Cletus "Bobby" DriscollBoy
American actor
- Cletus Ositadimma UdeogaranyaBoy
Nigerian Engineer
Cletus in pop culture
- Cletus Spuckler aka Cletus the SlackBoy
Jawed Yokel, hillbilly character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- CletusBoy
character from the movie "The Grave"
- Cletus HoggBoy
deputy on TV's "The Dukes of Hazzard"
- Cletus Kasady aka CarnageBoy
Marvel Comics supervillain
- Cletus JonesBoy
character in Starkid's" The Trail to Oregon" (he's killed three people!).