Klea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KLEE-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Klea is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “glory”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Klea mean?
Greek: spelling of Clea; probably a form of Cleo or Clio
“glory”
Clea is the final novel of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet (1960).
Meaning borrowed from Clea. More on Wiktionary.
Is Klea a girl's or a boy's name?
Klea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Klea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Klea, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Klea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Klea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Clea 10
- Klea 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Klea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
How popular is Klea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Klea, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
2025 had fewer girls named Klea than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Klea in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Klea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
Names like Klea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra Thea Isla Maisie Orla Freya Mila Pippa Luna Lyla Zara Nova
Other spellings of Klea
Names related to Klea
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Klea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/klea, updated 20 October 2026.