Cleo

#577 for girls in 2025, 516 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to girls 74.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
#171
1907 · 325 births
Debut · girls
1880
17 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
33,565
since 1880

Cleo over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #171, 1907peak #257, 1915girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#577516#5,20818
2024#607495#4,70121
2023#608490#4,22025
2022#664445#5,44517
2021#793356#4,93619
2020#881303#5,45116
2019#968270#6,77712
2018#1,108222#3,99326
2017#1,465153#5,11118
2016#1,545145#4,94319
2015#1,743120#5,50716
2014#1,982100#9,6427
2013#2,27981#9,6557
2012#1,690124#5,48216
2011#2,17387#9,6007
2010#2,40578#9,6937
2009#2,56872#12,4915
2008#3,42048#6,39313
2007#2,85863#6,62212
2006#2,94058#10,6626
2005#3,08151#5,87513
2004#3,03351#9,9486
2003#2,70758#8,6437
2002#2,33169#6,08811
2001#2,19374#10,5565
2000#2,33266#4,57316
1999#2,73750#4,76214
1998#2,30761#4,87313
1997#2,36056#3,45520
1996#2,25359#4,18515
1995#2,97739#4,50813
1994#2,87741#4,29014
1993#3,22135#4,02015
1992#2,43353#3,22020
1991#2,98938#3,22419
1990#2,90039#2,48827
1989#3,40230#4,01713
1988#3,03933#2,59922
1987#2,61238#2,21526
1986#2,51239#2,22625
1985#2,48439#2,50420
1984#3,52723#2,29222
1983#2,91029#2,14024
1982#3,41824#1,77432
1981#3,34025#2,08625
1980#3,00229#2,05826
1979#2,52536#1,78831
1978#2,68031#1,47440
1977#2,60632#1,51537
1976#3,00224#1,82827
1975#2,68028#1,30444
1974#2,06640#1,88624
1973#2,01940#1,46434
1972#2,17335#1,77125
1971#2,29634#1,46634
1970#2,39531#1,41635
1969#2,20833#1,26539
1968#1,97537#1,39331
1967#1,88139#1,31233
1966#1,53253#1,01651
1965#1,42160#1,08147
1964#1,28175#1,04452
1963#1,50855#1,12147
1962#1,23479#1,21541
1961#1,26876#1,00160
1960#1,30171#1,08351
1959#1,10494#96464
1958#1,05998#1,00657
1957#1,015106#85377
1956#830142#77891
1955#796147#74596
1954#782143#78883
1953#794135#693106
1952#689167#673106
1951#765133#71195
1950#686156#681100
1949#646164#656110
1948#643168#673100
1947#584212#568141
1946#556203#562130
1945#542182#583107
1944#494213#564117
1943#470244#543133
1942#438277#494155
1941#414275#496138
1940#384301#495139
1939#372312#479141
1938#318387#427178
1937#313391#442159
1936#333350#412179
1935#291426#435167
1934#288448#380206
1933#297417#370215
1932#294455#396200
1931#284482#375223
1930#290515#402208
1929#263584#417198
1928#263606#377241
1927#256662#315335
1926#240730#345280
1925#229812#334298
1924#218909#335300
1923#216883#328314
1922#202991#329309
1921#201992#313345
1920#1911,049#305350
1919#1901,013#282355
1918#1971,009#279363
1917#1891,009#298313
1916#1801,031#289319
1915#184914#257349
1914#197672#309215
1913#198536#343145
1912#204469#311139
1911#200358#30078
1910#190357#28972
1909#178333#29260
1908#191290#31050
1907#171325#27856
1906#200238#27352
1905#193248#28149
1904#195230#31240
1903#190221#29740
1902#211198#33733
1901#229160#35926
1900#226198#40231
1899#241132#61311
1898#253139#54315
1897#245131#38424
1896#237134#36727
1895#252125#45619
1894#249118#63111
1893#238122#39121
1892#27295#49716
1891#28776#59710
1890#27981#56612
1889#28370#7897
1888#29663#58012
1887#35437#8196
1886#32642#6948
1885#35432#7008
1884#36630#8486
1883#35426—
1882#43118—
1881#33823—
1880#40317#9095
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1907 at #171 (325 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 43 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1956
Share of babies · girls
1 in 980
  • Highest: 1 in 980 girls born in 1907 were named Cleo (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,115 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.5% of all girls named Cleo (8,218) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1983
  • Mostly boys until 1982, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s358#283 (1889)#351
1890s1,153#237 (1896)#255
1900s2,441#171 (1907)#198
1910s7,368#180 (1916)#193
1920s8,218#191 (1920)#228
1930s4,183#284 (1931)#308
1940s2,239#384 (1940)#517
1950s1,321#686 (1950)#852
1960s578#1,234 (1962)#1,561
1970s331#2,019 (1973)#2,444
1980s309#2,484 (1985)#3,025
1990s471#2,253 (1996)#2,705
2000s610#2,193 (2001)#2,746
2010s1,380#968 (2019)#1,736
2020s2,605#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 1973

girls
#2,019
40 births · 1 in 36,455 girls
boys
#1,464
34 births · 1 in 45,840 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #2,019Cleo40

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #1,464Cleo34
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 36,455 of them was named Cleo, which outranked 79.4% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleo
  1. #1,979Tomiko41
  2. #1,979Tommy41
  3. #1,979Veda41
  4. #2,019Cleo40
  5. #2,019Aleshia40
  6. #2,019Alida40
  7. #2,019Aura40
  8. #2,064Adam39
  9. #2,064Annika39
  10. #2,064Arleen39

Tied with 44 names at #2,019; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 45,840 of them was named Cleo, which outranked 75.1% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleo
  1. #1,435Vincente35
  2. #1,435Wardell35
  3. #1,435Zackery35
  4. #1,464Cleo34
  5. #1,464Aram34
  6. #1,464Avi34
  7. #1,464Christoher34
  8. #1,485Blas33
  9. #1,485Feliciano33
  10. #1,485Ishmael33

Tied with 20 names at #1,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →