Cleta is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Cleta is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1980. Cleta was first reported in SSA data in 1885 and peaked in 1935 (136 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7 | — | #8,329 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #10,500 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #7,772 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #9,907 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #8,181 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | #6,356 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #6,191 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | #5,169 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | #4,864 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | #5,475 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #4,226 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | #3,639 |
| 1967 | 18 | — | #2,982 |
| 1966 | 17 | — | #3,057 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | #4,134 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #3,839 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | #3,312 |
| 1961 | 20 | — | #2,769 |
| 1960 | 21 | — | #2,662 |
| 1959 | 31 | — | #2,026 |
| 1958 | 26 | — | #2,220 |
| 1957 | 32 | — | #1,930 |
| 1956 | 36 | — | #1,763 |
| 1955 | 52 | — | #1,383 |
| 1954 | 51 | — | #1,413 |
| 1953 | 63 | — | #1,214 |
| 1952 | 50 | — | #1,372 |
| 1951 | 47 | — | #1,366 |
| 1950 | 48 | — | #1,326 |
| 1949 | 59 | — | #1,183 |
| 1948 | 52 | — | #1,271 |
| 1947 | 66 | — | #1,098 |
| 1946 | 46 | — | #1,279 |
| 1945 | 57 | — | #1,023 |
| 1944 | 58 | — | #1,030 |
| 1943 | 69 | — | #945 |
| 1942 | 56 | — | #1,050 |
| 1941 | 77 | — | #822 |
| 1940 | 77 | — | #811 |
| 1939 | 77 | — | #776 |
| 1938 | 100 | — | #688 |
| 1937 | 80 | — | #761 |
| 1936 | 102 | — | #653 |
| 1935 | 136 | — | #549 |
| 1934 | 125 | — | #579 |
| 1933 | 73 | — | #770 |
| 1932 | 94 | — | #699 |
| 1931 | 110 | — | #633 |
| 1930 | 91 | — | #734 |
| 1929 | 83 | — | #768 |
| 1928 | 92 | — | #740 |
| 1927 | 88 | — | #771 |
| 1926 | 99 | — | #730 |
| 1925 | 95 | — | #760 |
| 1924 | 85 | — | #810 |
| 1923 | 77 | — | #836 |
| 1922 | 85 | — | #790 |
| 1921 | 100 | — | #735 |
| 1920 | 86 | — | #781 |
| 1919 | 64 | — | #877 |
| 1918 | 88 | — | #761 |
| 1917 | 87 | — | #750 |
| 1916 | 89 | — | #721 |
| 1915 | 82 | — | #735 |
| 1914 | 69 | — | #693 |
| 1913 | 50 | — | #742 |
| 1912 | 40 | — | #787 |
| 1911 | 39 | — | #699 |
| 1910 | 18 | — | #1,034 |
| 1909 | 25 | — | #817 |
| 1908 | 19 | — | #918 |
| 1907 | 22 | — | #798 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | #1,345 |
| 1905 | 21 | — | #802 |
| 1904 | 13 | — | #1,012 |
| 1903 | 16 | — | #867 |
| 1902 | 13 | — | #979 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | #1,079 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | #1,242 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | #1,192 |
| 1898 | 14 | — | #927 |
| 1897 | 10 | — | #1,046 |
| 1896 | 13 | — | #910 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #1,328 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #1,153 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | #1,198 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | #847 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,074 |