Name meaning & stats
Cletus
Cletus means “invoked” (Ancient Greek origin). 2,799 US babies since 1940, peak 1941.
What it means
“invoked”
Ancient GreekWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1941
2,799 US babies were named Cletus between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Cletus (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 78% of the family
- Cletus 78%
- Cletis 22%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1941)