Cleo
Girl · KLEE-oh · Greek
Cleo is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “glory”. In 2025 it ranked 119th for girls in the UK (451 babies) and 577th for girls in the US (516 babies).
What does Cleo mean?
Greek: short form of Cleopatra, from Greek kleos
“glory”
Originally a short form of Cleopatra; Clio, the Muse of history, has a name from the same Greek root.
- Say it
- KLEE-oh
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Is Cleo a girl's or a boy's name?
Cleo is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 451 girls in the UK and 516 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Cleo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #119among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 451about 1 in 620 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 451 girls in the UK were named Cleo, making it the 119th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 186th.
2025 had the most girls named Cleo of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Cleo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 114th in England and Wales, 183rd in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.
Cleo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 451 | #119 |
| 2024 | 392 | #141 |
| 2023 | 396 | #140 |
| 2022 | 411 | #139 |
| 2021 | 388 | #152 |
| 2020 | 301 | #186 |
| 2019 | 277 | #200 |
| 2018 | 293 | #200 |
| 2017 | 306 | #196 |
| 2016 | 242 | #239 |
| 2015 | 215 | #255 |
| 2014 | 111 | #435 |
| 2013 | 137 | #372 |
| 2012 | 100 | #485 |
| 2011 | 93 | #503 |
| 2010 | 93 | #490 |
| 2009 | 91 | #495 |
| 2008 | 88 | #496 |
| 2007 | 82 | #511 |
| 2006 | 68 | #574 |
| 2005 | 63 | #576 |
| 2004 | 76 | #496 |
| 2003 | 88 | #439 |
| 2002 | 69 | #491 |
| 2001 | 93 | #391 |
| 2000 | 59 | #538 |
| 1999 | 36 | #722 |
| 1998 | 45 | #628 |
| 1997 | 50 | #588 |
| 1996 | 36 | #709 |
How popular is Cleo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #577among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 516about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 89% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 516 girls in the US were named Cleo, making it the 577th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 881st. Its busiest year was 1920, with 1,049 girls. 18 boys were also named Cleo in 2025 (5,207th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 12 years. 2025 had more girls named Cleo than any year since 1929.
Half of all the girls named Cleo in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1945, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 537 girls in the US were given Cleo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #556, up from #577 for this spelling alone.
- Cleo 516
- Kleio 10
- Khleo 6
- Chleo 5
In 2025, 97% of the babies named Cleo in the US were girls.
Cleo in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 516 | #577 |
| 2024 | 495 | #607 |
| 2023 | 490 | #608 |
| 2022 | 445 | #664 |
| 2021 | 356 | #793 |
| 2020 | 303 | #881 |
| 2019 | 270 | #968 |
| 2018 | 222 | #1,108 |
| 2017 | 153 | #1,465 |
| 2016 | 145 | #1,545 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,743 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 124 | #1,690 |
| 2011 | 87 | #2,173 |
| 2010 | 78 | #2,405 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,567 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,858 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,704 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,328 |
| 2001 | 74 | #2,189 |
| 2000 | 66 | #2,328 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 61 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,250 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,428 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,511 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,173 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,296 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,975 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,881 |
| 1966 | 53 | #1,532 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,421 |
| 1964 | 75 | #1,281 |
| 1963 | 55 | #1,508 |
| 1962 | 79 | #1,234 |
| 1961 | 76 | #1,267 |
| 1960 | 71 | #1,300 |
| 1959 | 94 | #1,103 |
| 1958 | 98 | #1,058 |
| 1957 | 106 | #1,014 |
| 1956 | 142 | #829 |
| 1955 | 147 | #795 |
| 1954 | 143 | #781 |
| 1953 | 135 | #793 |
| 1952 | 167 | #688 |
| 1951 | 133 | #764 |
| 1950 | 156 | #685 |
| 1949 | 164 | #645 |
| 1948 | 168 | #642 |
| 1947 | 212 | #584 |
| 1946 | 203 | #556 |
| 1945 | 182 | #542 |
| 1944 | 213 | #494 |
| 1943 | 244 | #470 |
| 1942 | 277 | #438 |
| 1941 | 275 | #414 |
| 1940 | 301 | #384 |
| 1939 | 312 | #372 |
| 1938 | 387 | #318 |
| 1937 | 391 | #313 |
| 1936 | 350 | #333 |
| 1935 | 426 | #291 |
| 1934 | 448 | #288 |
| 1933 | 417 | #297 |
| 1932 | 455 | #294 |
| 1931 | 482 | #284 |
| 1930 | 515 | #290 |
| 1929 | 584 | #263 |
| 1928 | 606 | #263 |
| 1927 | 662 | #256 |
| 1926 | 730 | #240 |
| 1925 | 812 | #229 |
| 1924 | 909 | #218 |
| 1923 | 883 | #216 |
| 1922 | 991 | #202 |
| 1921 | 992 | #201 |
| 1920 | 1,049 | #191 |
| 1919 | 1,013 | #190 |
| 1918 | 1,009 | #197 |
| 1917 | 1,009 | #189 |
| 1916 | 1,031 | #180 |
| 1915 | 914 | #184 |
| 1914 | 672 | #197 |
| 1913 | 536 | #198 |
| 1912 | 469 | #204 |
| 1911 | 358 | #200 |
| 1910 | 357 | #190 |
| 1909 | 333 | #178 |
| 1908 | 290 | #191 |
| 1907 | 325 | #171 |
| 1906 | 238 | #200 |
| 1905 | 248 | #193 |
| 1904 | 230 | #195 |
| 1903 | 221 | #190 |
| 1902 | 198 | #211 |
| 1901 | 160 | #229 |
| 1900 | 198 | #226 |
| 1899 | 132 | #241 |
| 1898 | 139 | #253 |
| 1897 | 131 | #245 |
| 1896 | 134 | #237 |
| 1895 | 125 | #252 |
| 1894 | 118 | #249 |
| 1893 | 122 | #238 |
| 1892 | 95 | #272 |
| 1891 | 76 | #287 |
| 1890 | 81 | #279 |
| 1889 | 70 | #283 |
| 1888 | 63 | #296 |
| 1887 | 37 | #354 |
| 1886 | 42 | #326 |
| 1885 | 32 | #354 |
| 1884 | 30 | #366 |
| 1883 | 26 | #354 |
| 1882 | 18 | #431 |
| 1881 | 23 | #338 |
| 1880 | 17 | #403 |
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