Baby Name Popularity Profile

Cleo

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Cleo.

✦ Glory 🌍 Greek Mythological Traditional
National Rank (2025) #577
All-Time Peak Rank #171 Achieved 1907
Total U.S. Births 33,565 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 6.6% Boy / 93.4% Girl Overwhelmingly Female
Boy Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Boy usage
First Recorded 1880 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 1920s 1,049 births in 1920
💡 The Cleo Vibe: Considered a Vintage Revival. A classic name from early generations that is currently experiencing a measurable statistical resurgence.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Glory
Language Origin Greek
Origin Type single
A diminutive of Cleopatra, derived from Greek 'kleos' meaning 'glory' or 'fame'.
Pronunciation: KLEE-oh
Themes & Categories
Mythological Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Cleo across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +70.3%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +330.0%
2015: 120 births 120 2016: 145 births 2017: 153 births 2018: 222 births 2019: 270 births 2020: 303 births 303 2021: 356 births 2022: 445 births 2023: 490 births 2024: 495 births 2025: 516 births 516
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 1,049 births in 1920
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 65 yrs
Longest Streak 146 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 358
1890s: 1,153
1900s: 2,441
1910s: 7,368
1920s: 8,218
1930s: 4,183
1940s: 2,239
1950s: 1,321
1960s: 578
1970s: 331
1980s: 309
1990s: 471
2000s: 610
2010s: 1,380
2020s: 2,605

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Cle-o
Letter Count 4 letters
Spelling Complexity Easy
Length Percentile Longer than 1.4% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 1.4% of SSA names. Starts with C, a letter used by only 5.7% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Oklahoma
Top States Oklahoma, Arkansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, South Carolina
States with Data 47
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Oklahoma #732 1,084 1919 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas Unranked 834 1916 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota Unranked 243 1926 Insufficient historical volume
North Dakota Unranked 206 1917 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #800 839 1922 Insufficient historical volume
Utah #253 467 1919 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi Unranked 718 1922 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas #460 568 1922 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia Unranked 473 1924 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #511 857 1919 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho Unranked 190 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #1011 1,309 1916 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #789 1,340 1922 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #614 958 1924 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #739 818 1919 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska Unranked 316 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #589 567 1919 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana Unranked 765 1917 Insufficient historical volume
New Mexico Unranked 212 1931 Insufficient historical volume
Montana #221 119 1917 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #834 745 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #781 721 1917 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #512 567 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #471 368 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #767 2,298 1915 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon #498 253 1916 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #527 409 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #459 323 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #718 905 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #745 437 1916 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #548 897 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #508 642 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #881 535 1921 Insufficient historical volume
California #370 1,412 2025 +117.1% Growth
Pennsylvania #524 753 1917 Insufficient historical volume
Wyoming Unranked 15 1917 Insufficient historical volume
New York #474 691 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #697 101 2024 Insufficient historical volume
District of Columbia Unranked 33 1924 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #561 98 1943 Insufficient historical volume
Maine Unranked 28 1915 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska #148 5 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada #541 11 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #447 71 2023 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #505 69 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Rhode Island Unranked 5 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut #411 7 2025 Insufficient historical volume

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