Look at the Ninja alternate class. It's more stealth/sneaking oriented and has Ki abilities. You lose trapfinding and gain poison use.
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Well, an Archaeologist Bard does pretty much everything you list, plus being good at traps as well. A Conversion Inquisition Inquisitor also does all the stuff you list pretty well. Both are very solid characters in their own ways, too, and potentially a lot of fun.
If willing to use the ACG classes, the Investigator and Slayer can also pull this off pretty well (though you need to invest a Trait into making Diplomacy a Class Skill if going Slayer, and Investigator is the least good of these options given it's lack of Charisma focus) and might fit your thematics a bit better than the above.
If you must go with a Rogue class or something like it, Ninja's a good choice for a socially focused Rogue, they get other benefits from Charisma after all, and thus are pretty effective. If going straight Rogue the Rake Archetype is clearly the way to go, but I'd go with one of the above classes instead if it were me.
Most of what you're after - stealth and charming - can be done with feats, skill points and maybe traits to get extra class skills, without using any class abilities. This leaves stabbing people with daggers.
You probably want two daggers if you're not going to be using spells, and if your general feats are used on things like Skill Focus (Stealth), Dampen Presence, and Eldritch Heritage (Shadow) + Improved EH this points in the direction of the Ranger class to supply the TWF feats. A Trapper archetype Ranger gets no spells and can disarm magic traps which may be useful to help steal things.
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Clerics really lack enough skills to do this well, IMO. They can get the skill list readily enough, but 'smooth talking thief' requires an absolute minimum of 5 skill points per level or so, with more being better, and Clerics can't manage that very well.
You can do the same thing as an Inquisitor with a lot less effort and actually have the skill ranks to be good at it to boot.
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Yeah...an Inquisitor can manage it and also have good Dex and a Charisma of higher than 7 if they want it (it particularly sucks on a Cleric). And 5 was a minimum, you ideally want more.
I'm not saying you can't do this with a Cleric, I'm saying Inquisitor is actually built to do this and does it better.
Hey guys! I am trying to build a rogue-ish type.
I am looking for a rogue that is socially adept and charming like a bard with out the buffs.
I also don't need the trap finding or all that much emphasis on sneak attacking.
I will be stealing things.
I would like if it's possible to have him proficient in daggers (handheld and thrown) as well as a bit of hand to hand combat.
Is this a possibility from the start or would I have to level dip. I am not asking you to build anything for me just maybe a point in the right direction.
Thank you for the help
I don't know if the Charlatan rogue archetype is "good" by any standards of optimization, but's been loads of fun roll a Bluff check against an entire city.
Alternatively, you can eschew the archetype and get the "Rumormonger" Advanced Talent when you level later on, but the Charlatan gets it earlier.