Clea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KLEE-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Clea is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “glory”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Clea mean?
Greek: probably a form of Cleo or Clio
“glory”
Clea is the final novel of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet (1960).
More on Wiktionary.
Is Clea a girl's or a boy's name?
Clea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Clea, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Clea than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Clea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Clea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
- Clea 10
- Klea 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Clea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Clea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Clea, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Clea in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
Names like Clea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thea, Lyra, Phoebe, Chloe, Maisie, Callie, Sophia, Isla, Zara, Bella, Lyla, Ava
Other spellings of Clea
Names related to Clea
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Lainey, Elena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Clea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clea, updated 20 October 2026.