# Cleo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cleo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkliːoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 45,092 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,527 / 33,565 (74% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,845, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortened from Cleopatra or a variant of Clio. The rare male name derives from names of Ancient Greek origin such as Cleon and Cleopas.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 2,176 |
| 2012 | 124 | 1,691 |
| 2013 | 81 | 2,288 |
| 2014 | 100 | 1,986 |
| 2015 | 120 | 1,744 |
| 2016 | 145 | 1,546 |
| 2017 | 153 | 1,468 |
| 2018 | 222 | 1,109 |
| 2019 | 270 | 969 |
| 2020 | 303 | 882 |
| 2021 | 356 | 794 |
| 2022 | 445 | 664 |
| 2023 | 490 | 608 |
| 2024 | 495 | 607 |
| 2025 | 516 | 577 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 9,815 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,518 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,844 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,833 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,557 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,982 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,142 |
| 2018 | 26 | 4,010 |
| 2019 | 12 | 6,851 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,500 |
| 2021 | 19 | 4,962 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,478 |
| 2023 | 25 | 4,246 |
| 2024 | 21 | 4,731 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,245 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 88 | 486 |
| 2012 | 96 | 468 |
| 2013 | 127 | 358 |
| 2014 | 108 | 403 |
| 2015 | 206 | 242 |
| 2016 | 228 | 227 |
| 2017 | 285 | 187 |
| 2018 | 277 | 192 |
| 2019 | 257 | 191 |
| 2020 | 277 | 180 |
| 2021 | 359 | 138 |
| 2022 | 383 | 132 |
| 2023 | 370 | 135 |
| 2024 | 376 | 129 |
| 2025 | 423 | 114 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Клеон

## People named Cleo

- Cleo Laine, English jazz singer and actress (1927–2025)
- Cleo Pires, Brazilian actress, singer, producer and writer
- Cleo Moore, American actress (1924–1973)
- Cleo King, American actress
- Cleo Madison, actress and film director (1883-1964)
- Cleo Massey, Australian actress
- Cleo Brown, American singer (1909–1995)
- Cleo Fields, American politician (born 1962)
- Cleo Ridgely, American actress (1893-1962)
- Cleo Demetriou, British-Cyprus actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.