Cleta

Girl · recorded 1885–1980

  • 1980last recorded
  • 1935best year

Most popular in 1935.

Last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

06513018851909193319561980

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 88 recorded years as a table
Cleta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188538
188856
189333
189436
189530
189655
189743
189854
189934
190033
190142
190249
190361
190447
190572
190630
190769
190857
190972
191045
191193
191272
191380
191491
191583
191685
191780
191876
191957
192072
192181
192271
192364
192468
192578
192684
192774
192880
192974
193081
1931103
193288
193372
1934120
1935130
193698
193775
193891
193970
194067
194164
194241
194349
194444
194544
194629
194737
194831
194934
195028
195126
195227
195333
195426
195527
195618
195716
195813
195915
196010
196110
19628
19636
19646
196610
196711
19689
19697
19705
19717
19727
19735
19745
19754
19773
19785
19793
19804

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cleta 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 1980
7
Rank in 1980
#8,178
How rare
1 in 237,186 girls
Since 1885
4,013

Cleta was last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1935, at 130 per million girls born.

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

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