Clio
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Clio is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Clio mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Clio a girl's or a boy's name?
Clio is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clio in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Clio, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 15 girls.
2025 had more girls named Clio than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Clio in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Clio in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Clio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Clio, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.
Half of all the girls named Clio in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clio in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
Names like Clio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Phoebe, Cleo, Callie, Maisie, Chloe, Cora, Hallie, Lily, Lyra, Luna, Isla, Thea
Names related to Clio
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Lainey
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, “Clio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clio, updated 20 October 2026.