Cleotha

girls:

292 births since 1917

#5424 (5th percentile)

boys:

750 births since 1919

#3837 (16th percentile)

overall:

1k births since 1917

#6697 (13th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Cleotha is the #6,697 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,042 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 13.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,837 (16.3% percentile) for all time with 750 births since 1919. For girls, it ranks #5,424 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 292 births since 1917.

Cleotha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for girls and 1919 for boys). Birth data for Cleotha is available in 71 out of the 76 years between 1917 and 1992 (68 years for boys and 35 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 Cleotha has been given predominantly to boys, with 72.0% of all recorded births being male. In 1992, 100.0% of babies named Cleotha were boys. Interestingly, until around 1931, the name was more popular for girls (55.9% girls from 1917 to 1930), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (79.8% boys from 1931 to 1992).

For boys, Cleotha reached its peak popularity in 1949, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #567) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 14 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1992.

For girls, Cleotha reached its peak popularity in 1933, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #563) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 14 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1973.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cleotha".

1917 1992 19171992

Key Statistics

Total Births
292
Peak Births
15
Peak Year
1933
First Recorded
1917
Peak Percentile
1.7%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#563
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
750
Peak Births
24
Peak Year
1949
First Recorded
1919
Peak Percentile
3.2%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#567
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Cleotha

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Cleotha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 76.7% confident that Cleotha is pronounced as klee-OH-thuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is klee-AW-thuh, at 13.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

klee-OH-thuh (3 syllables)
76.7% confidence
K L IY0 OW1 TH AH0
klee-AW-thuh (3 syllables)
13.3% confidence
K L IY0 AO1 TH AH0
KLEE-oh-thuh (3 syllables)
10.0% confidence
K L IY1 OW0 TH AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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