girls:
23 births since 1904
#5693 (0th percentile)
boys:
959 births since 1906
#3633 (21st percentile)
overall:
982 births since 1904
#6757 (13th percentile)
The name Cleophas is the #6,757 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 982 recorded births since 1904. This represents the 12.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,633 (20.7% percentile) for all time with 959 births since 1906. For girls, it ranks #5,693 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 1904.
Cleophas first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1904 (1904 for girls and 1906 for boys). Birth data for Cleophas is available in 73 out of the 84 years between 1904 and 1987 (72 years for boys and 4 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cleophas has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.7% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1906, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1904 to 1905), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (98.2% boys from 1906 to 1987).
For boys, Cleophas reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #525) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 38 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1987.
For girls, Cleophas reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #608) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1904, with 17 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1936.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cleophas".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Cleophas. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.3% confident that Cleophas is pronounced as KLEE-oh-fuhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is klee-OH-fuhs, at 33.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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