Cletis is a rare variant of Cletus that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Cletis is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1996. Cletis was first reported in SSA data in 1904 and peaked in 1924 (44 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | — | — | #9,249 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | — | #9,098 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | — | #8,951 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | — | #4,502 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | — | #7,144 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | — | #4,101 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | — | #5,021 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | — | #5,039 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | — | #3,288 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | — | #6,211 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | — | #3,912 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | — | #4,680 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | — | #3,514 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | — | #2,931 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | — | #3,612 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | — | #3,491 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | — | #3,197 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | — | #2,218 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,329 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | — | #2,438 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | — | #2,217 |
| 1967 | 18 | — | — | #1,861 |
| 1966 | 18 | — | — | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | — | #1,782 |
| 1964 | 27 | — | — | #1,513 |
| 1963 | 40 | — | — | #1,231 |
| 1962 | 44 | — | — | #1,175 |
| 1961 | 41 | — | — | #1,237 |
| 1960 | 42 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | — | #2,438 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | — | #2,282 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | — | #2,205 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | — | #2,387 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | — | #2,604 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | — | #2,993 |
| 1953 | 11 | — | — | #2,418 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | — | #1,815 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | — | #2,067 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | — | #1,757 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | — | #2,045 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | — | #1,830 |
| 1947 | 22 | — | — | #1,609 |
| 1946 | 26 | — | — | #1,387 |
| 1945 | 16 | — | — | #1,708 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | — | #2,007 |
| 1943 | 20 | — | — | #1,591 |
| 1942 | 26 | — | #4,208 | #1,594 |
| 1941 | 22 | — | — | #1,456 |
| 1940 | 27 | — | #4,477 | #1,440 |
| 1939 | 17 | — | — | #1,653 |
| 1938 | 21 | — | — | #1,485 |
| 1937 | 34 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1936 | 26 | — | — | #1,300 |
| 1935 | 26 | — | — | #1,331 |
| 1934 | 41 | — | #4,397 | #1,098 |
| 1933 | 30 | — | #3,823 | #1,367 |
| 1932 | 38 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1931 | 40 | — | #2,606 | #1,288 |
| 1930 | 40 | — | #4,675 | #1,196 |
| 1929 | 41 | — | #3,738 | #1,198 |
| 1928 | 41 | — | #3,828 | #1,231 |
| 1927 | 46 | — | #3,101 | #1,208 |
| 1926 | 42 | — | #4,975 | #1,178 |
| 1925 | 44 | — | #3,418 | #1,203 |
| 1924 | 52 | — | #3,719 | #1,074 |
| 1923 | 37 | — | #4,478 | #1,306 |
| 1922 | 29 | — | — | #1,370 |
| 1921 | 45 | — | #4,576 | #1,145 |
| 1920 | 51 | — | #2,488 | #1,184 |
| 1919 | 33 | — | #3,048 | #1,539 |
| 1918 | 41 | — | #3,951 | #1,196 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | — | #1,487 |
| 1916 | 41 | — | #2,695 | #1,212 |
| 1915 | 41 | — | #3,500 | #1,105 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #2,948 | #1,703 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | — | #1,511 |
| 1912 | 17 | — | — | #1,142 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #2,003 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,640 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | — | #1,091 |