Cleatis is a very rare variant of Cletus that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Cleatis is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1961. Cleatis first appears in 1911 and peaked in 1920 (12 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #3,708 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | — | #3,393 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | — | #4,086 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | — | #3,383 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | — | #3,279 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | — | #3,191 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | — | #3,234 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,612 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | — | #2,911 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | — | #2,291 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | #3,821 | #2,579 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | — | #2,491 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | — | #2,812 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | #4,690 | #3,629 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | — | #2,539 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | — | #3,209 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | — | #3,446 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | #5,104 | #4,315 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | — | #2,682 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | — | #3,060 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | — | #3,262 |
| 1920 | 12 | — | — | #2,484 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,466 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | — | #2,917 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | #4,716 | #2,583 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | — | #3,928 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | — | #1,569 |