Cleophus is an uncommon boys' name that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Cleophus is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2007. Cleophus was first reported in SSA data in 1904 and peaked in 1947 (46 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,957 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,874 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,656 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | — | #8,893 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | — | #6,175 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | — | #5,603 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | — | #9,097 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | — | #7,947 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | — | #6,946 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | — | #4,931 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | — | #6,043 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | — | #6,533 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | — | #4,317 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | — | #4,214 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | — | #2,857 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | — | #3,926 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | — | #3,841 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | — | #5,072 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | — | #3,441 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | — | #3,318 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | — | #3,064 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | — | #3,287 |
| 1979 | 18 | — | — | #2,599 |
| 1978 | 20 | — | — | #2,294 |
| 1977 | 19 | — | — | #2,379 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,071 |
| 1975 | 21 | — | — | #2,144 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | — | #2,691 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | — | #3,264 |
| 1972 | 19 | — | — | #2,095 |
| 1971 | 23 | — | — | #1,874 |
| 1970 | 18 | — | — | #2,133 |
| 1969 | 21 | — | — | #1,815 |
| 1968 | 18 | — | — | #1,902 |
| 1967 | 26 | — | — | #1,515 |
| 1966 | 23 | — | — | #1,620 |
| 1965 | 23 | — | — | #1,631 |
| 1964 | 31 | — | — | #1,409 |
| 1963 | 16 | — | — | #2,055 |
| 1962 | 27 | — | — | #1,522 |
| 1961 | 28 | — | — | #1,527 |
| 1960 | 34 | — | — | #1,365 |
| 1959 | 33 | — | — | #1,366 |
| 1958 | 38 | — | — | #1,253 |
| 1957 | 42 | — | — | #1,201 |
| 1956 | 40 | — | — | #1,205 |
| 1955 | 39 | — | — | #1,201 |
| 1954 | 29 | — | — | #1,413 |
| 1953 | 34 | — | — | #1,289 |
| 1952 | 35 | — | — | #1,247 |
| 1951 | 30 | — | — | #1,350 |
| 1950 | 36 | — | — | #1,206 |
| 1949 | 36 | — | — | #1,186 |
| 1948 | 36 | — | — | #1,200 |
| 1947 | 46 | — | — | #1,065 |
| 1946 | 27 | — | — | #1,359 |
| 1945 | 38 | — | — | #1,042 |
| 1944 | 27 | — | — | #1,289 |
| 1943 | 22 | — | — | #1,493 |
| 1942 | 35 | — | — | #1,169 |
| 1941 | 26 | — | — | #1,303 |
| 1940 | 24 | — | — | #1,374 |
| 1939 | 37 | — | — | #1,057 |
| 1938 | 26 | — | — | #1,316 |
| 1937 | 20 | — | — | #1,540 |
| 1936 | 30 | — | — | #1,210 |
| 1935 | 29 | — | — | #1,251 |
| 1934 | 36 | — | — | #1,097 |
| 1933 | 29 | — | — | #1,235 |
| 1932 | 29 | — | — | #1,261 |
| 1931 | 32 | — | — | #1,218 |
| 1930 | 29 | — | — | #1,340 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | — | #1,344 |
| 1928 | 33 | — | — | #1,257 |
| 1927 | 23 | — | — | #1,610 |
| 1926 | 44 | — | #3,952 | #1,177 |
| 1925 | 34 | — | — | #1,231 |
| 1924 | 35 | — | — | #1,227 |
| 1923 | 35 | — | — | #1,218 |
| 1922 | 21 | — | — | #1,705 |
| 1921 | 22 | — | — | #1,657 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | — | #1,833 |
| 1919 | 21 | — | — | #1,639 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | #4,382 | #2,015 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | #4,194 | #1,834 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | — | #2,062 |
| 1915 | 14 | — | — | #1,990 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | — | #1,450 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | — | #1,973 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | — | #1,545 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | — | #1,572 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,419 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | — | #1,267 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | — | #1,240 |