Cleotis is a rare variant of Cletus that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Cleotis is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1986. Cleotis first appears in 1916 and peaked in 1957 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 6 | — | #6,077 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #5,702 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #5,115 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #5,964 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #6,002 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #5,035 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #4,905 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #5,032 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #3,756 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #3,337 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #3,711 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,697 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #3,415 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #3,729 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #3,078 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #3,072 |
| 1957 | 15 | — | #2,108 |
| 1956 | 14 | — | #2,181 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,565 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,492 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #2,914 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #3,809 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #2,462 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #2,643 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #3,772 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | #2,389 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #3,234 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | #2,275 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,277 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | #2,513 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,316 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,683 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,639 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | #2,421 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,059 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #2,890 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,098 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,179 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #4,346 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #4,420 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #4,276 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | #3,154 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #3,578 |