Kloe
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KLOH-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Kloe is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “green shoot”. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Kloe mean?
Greek: spelling of Chloe
“green shoot”
A spelling of Chloe, an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter; a Chloe is also mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians.
Is Kloe a girl's or a boy's name?
Kloe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kloe in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kloe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Kloe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 27 | #898 |
| 1999 | 24 | #975 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 25 | #940 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Kloe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Kloe, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 267 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Kloe in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,468 girls in the US were given Kloe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #30, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
Kloe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,995 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,179 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,923 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,635 |
| 2016 | 90 | #2,149 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,743 |
| 2014 | 124 | #1,692 |
| 2013 | 134 | #1,599 |
| 2012 | 165 | #1,396 |
| 2011 | 218 | #1,123 |
| 2010 | 265 | #965 |
| 2009 | 267 | #992 |
| 2008 | 245 | #1,065 |
| 2007 | 160 | #1,459 |
| 2006 | 194 | #1,240 |
| 2005 | 149 | #1,432 |
| 2004 | 141 | #1,447 |
| 2003 | 153 | #1,331 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,605 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,918 |
| 2000 | 61 | #2,476 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
Names like Kloe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chloe Zoe Ellie Sophie Maisie Khloe Jasmine Phoebe Noa Lyra Layla Hannah
Other spellings of Kloe
Chloe Cloe Chole Khloee Chloee Khole Kloey Chloey Khloey Kloie Chloie
Names related to Kloe
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Margot Luke Iris Lainey Elena Atlas
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, “Kloe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kloe, updated 20 October 2026.