Cleo
#577 for girls in 2025, 516 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to girls 74.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1907 · 325 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 33,565since 1880
Cleo over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #577 | 516 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #607 | 495 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #608 | 490 | #4,220 | 25 |
| 2022 | #664 | 445 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 2021 | #793 | 356 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #881 | 303 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #968 | 270 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #1,108 | 222 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2017 | #1,465 | 153 | #5,111 | 18 |
| 2016 | #1,545 | 145 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #1,743 | 120 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #1,982 | 100 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #2,279 | 81 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #1,690 | 124 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #2,173 | 87 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #2,405 | 78 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #2,568 | 72 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #3,420 | 48 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #2,858 | 63 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #2,940 | 58 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #3,081 | 51 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #3,033 | 51 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #2,707 | 58 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #2,331 | 69 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #2,193 | 74 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #2,332 | 66 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #2,737 | 50 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #2,307 | 61 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #2,253 | 59 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #2,877 | 41 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #2,433 | 53 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 38 | #3,224 | 19 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 | #2,488 | 27 |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #3,039 | 33 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | #2,612 | 38 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #2,512 | 39 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | #1,474 | 40 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | #1,515 | 37 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 | #1,304 | 44 |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 | #1,886 | 24 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 | #1,464 | 34 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 | #1,771 | 25 |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 | #1,265 | 39 |
| 1968 | #1,975 | 37 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,532 | 53 | #1,016 | 51 |
| 1965 | #1,421 | 60 | #1,081 | 47 |
| 1964 | #1,281 | 75 | #1,044 | 52 |
| 1963 | #1,508 | 55 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1962 | #1,234 | 79 | #1,215 | 41 |
| 1961 | #1,268 | 76 | #1,001 | 60 |
| 1960 | #1,301 | 71 | #1,083 | 51 |
| 1959 | #1,104 | 94 | #964 | 64 |
| 1958 | #1,059 | 98 | #1,006 | 57 |
| 1957 | #1,015 | 106 | #853 | 77 |
| 1956 | #830 | 142 | #778 | 91 |
| 1955 | #796 | 147 | #745 | 96 |
| 1954 | #782 | 143 | #788 | 83 |
| 1953 | #794 | 135 | #693 | 106 |
| 1952 | #689 | 167 | #673 | 106 |
| 1951 | #765 | 133 | #711 | 95 |
| 1950 | #686 | 156 | #681 | 100 |
| 1949 | #646 | 164 | #656 | 110 |
| 1948 | #643 | 168 | #673 | 100 |
| 1947 | #584 | 212 | #568 | 141 |
| 1946 | #556 | 203 | #562 | 130 |
| 1945 | #542 | 182 | #583 | 107 |
| 1944 | #494 | 213 | #564 | 117 |
| 1943 | #470 | 244 | #543 | 133 |
| 1942 | #438 | 277 | #494 | 155 |
| 1941 | #414 | 275 | #496 | 138 |
| 1940 | #384 | 301 | #495 | 139 |
| 1939 | #372 | 312 | #479 | 141 |
| 1938 | #318 | 387 | #427 | 178 |
| 1937 | #313 | 391 | #442 | 159 |
| 1936 | #333 | 350 | #412 | 179 |
| 1935 | #291 | 426 | #435 | 167 |
| 1934 | #288 | 448 | #380 | 206 |
| 1933 | #297 | 417 | #370 | 215 |
| 1932 | #294 | 455 | #396 | 200 |
| 1931 | #284 | 482 | #375 | 223 |
| 1930 | #290 | 515 | #402 | 208 |
| 1929 | #263 | 584 | #417 | 198 |
| 1928 | #263 | 606 | #377 | 241 |
| 1927 | #256 | 662 | #315 | 335 |
| 1926 | #240 | 730 | #345 | 280 |
| 1925 | #229 | 812 | #334 | 298 |
| 1924 | #218 | 909 | #335 | 300 |
| 1923 | #216 | 883 | #328 | 314 |
| 1922 | #202 | 991 | #329 | 309 |
| 1921 | #201 | 992 | #313 | 345 |
| 1920 | #191 | 1,049 | #305 | 350 |
| 1919 | #190 | 1,013 | #282 | 355 |
| 1918 | #197 | 1,009 | #279 | 363 |
| 1917 | #189 | 1,009 | #298 | 313 |
| 1916 | #180 | 1,031 | #289 | 319 |
| 1915 | #184 | 914 | #257 | 349 |
| 1914 | #197 | 672 | #309 | 215 |
| 1913 | #198 | 536 | #343 | 145 |
| 1912 | #204 | 469 | #311 | 139 |
| 1911 | #200 | 358 | #300 | 78 |
| 1910 | #190 | 357 | #289 | 72 |
| 1909 | #178 | 333 | #292 | 60 |
| 1908 | #191 | 290 | #310 | 50 |
| 1907 | #171 | 325 | #278 | 56 |
| 1906 | #200 | 238 | #273 | 52 |
| 1905 | #193 | 248 | #281 | 49 |
| 1904 | #195 | 230 | #312 | 40 |
| 1903 | #190 | 221 | #297 | 40 |
| 1902 | #211 | 198 | #337 | 33 |
| 1901 | #229 | 160 | #359 | 26 |
| 1900 | #226 | 198 | #402 | 31 |
| 1899 | #241 | 132 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #253 | 139 | #543 | 15 |
| 1897 | #245 | 131 | #384 | 24 |
| 1896 | #237 | 134 | #367 | 27 |
| 1895 | #252 | 125 | #456 | 19 |
| 1894 | #249 | 118 | #631 | 11 |
| 1893 | #238 | 122 | #391 | 21 |
| 1892 | #272 | 95 | #497 | 16 |
| 1891 | #287 | 76 | #597 | 10 |
| 1890 | #279 | 81 | #566 | 12 |
| 1889 | #283 | 70 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #296 | 63 | #580 | 12 |
| 1887 | #354 | 37 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #326 | 42 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #354 | 32 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #366 | 30 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #354 | 26 | — | |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 | — | |
| 1881 | #338 | 23 | — | |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cleo was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 24 girls a year got the name.
See more about Cleo
- 30 spots since 2024 (#607 → #577)
- 304 spots since 2020 (#881 → #577)
- 1,166 spots since 2015 (#1,743 → #577)
- Biggest jump: 140 spots in 2019 (#1,108 → #968)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1957 (#830 → #1,015)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1907 at #171 (325 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 43 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1956
- Highest: 1 in 980 girls born in 1907 were named Cleo (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,115 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 24.5% of all girls named Cleo (8,218) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1982, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 358 | #283 (1889) | #351 |
| 1890s | 1,153 | #237 (1896) | #255 |
| 1900s | 2,441 | #171 (1907) | #198 |
| 1910s | 7,368 | #180 (1916) | #193 |
| 1920s | 8,218 | #191 (1920) | #228 |
| 1930s | 4,183 | #284 (1931) | #308 |
| 1940s | 2,239 | #384 (1940) | #517 |
| 1950s | 1,321 | #686 (1950) | #852 |
| 1960s | 578 | #1,234 (1962) | #1,561 |
| 1970s | 331 | #2,019 (1973) | #2,444 |
| 1980s | 309 | #2,484 (1985) | #3,025 |
| 1990s | 471 | #2,253 (1996) | #2,705 |
| 2000s | 610 | #2,193 (2001) | #2,746 |
| 2010s | 1,380 | #968 (2019) | #1,736 |
| 2020s | 2,605 | #577 (2025) | #688 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cleo in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 5,718 of them was named Cleo, which outranked 91.2% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 10,732 of them was named Cleo, which outranked 86.6% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.