Anacleto
Anacleto is a name. Notable people with the name include:
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Anacleto
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anacleto is a name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Anacleto
Anacleto first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1919, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1928, when 11 Anacletos were born — ranking #2,522 that year. As of 2026, Anacleto ranks #6,056 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 206 Anacletos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Anacleto
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Anacleto. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Anacleto
Phonetically similar names — useful when Anacleto is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Annulate
- Anility
- Anaclitic
- Annelida
- Annulated
- Analyte
- Esqueleto
- Anaconda
- Iniquity
- Analytic
- Inequity
- Anklet
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About the name Anacleto
Anacleto is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 206 births in the dataset. Anacleto's peak popularity came in 1928 when it ranked #2,522. Use the chart and map above to compare Anacleto's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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