Cleiton
Meaning
Clayton written the Brazilian way, "clay settlement" underneath; in Brazil the phonetic spelling outnumbers the original almost ten to one
Popularity, 1890–2024
Cleiton does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
Popularity in Brazil
116,767 people · the #280 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,739 · median age 31
Among people named Cleiton living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 884 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
See Cleiton in official records · Spain and Argentina
Spain
57 residents · #12,969 among men · mean age 38
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Argentina
Not on the 2024 record (small counts are withheld at source) · charted as share per 10,000 name registrations where observed
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published.
Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Not on the record in Mexico City and Puerto Rico: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
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