Clete

Boy · recorded 1948–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1965best year

Most popular in 1965.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Clete.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1948

051019481965198320002017

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 36 recorded years as a table
Clete, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19483
19523
19534
19543
19555
19563
19594
19616
19623
19637
19646
196510
19663
19674
19687
19695
19706
19713
19726
19734
19746
19754
19763
19774
19794
19804
19863
19883
19895
20003
20053
20062
20082
20134
20144
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Clete isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
6
Rank in 2017
#10,775
How rare
1 in 308,492 boys
Since 1948
281

Clete was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1965, at 10 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Clete doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.