# Clio (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clio/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈklaɪ.oʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 881 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 25 / 856 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 289, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Κλειώ (Kleiṓ). The award and car model were named after the goddess.

## 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 | 19 | 6,627 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,397 |
| 2013 | 25 | 5,354 |
| 2014 | 32 | 4,484 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,009 |
| 2016 | 30 | 4,652 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,083 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,349 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,192 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,359 |
| 2021 | 36 | 4,038 |
| 2022 | 30 | 4,610 |
| 2023 | 26 | 5,029 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5,995 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,127 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 5 | 3,347 |
| 1919 | 6 | 3,815 |
| 1930 | 7 | 3,349 |
| 1933 | 7 | 3,061 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## People named Clio

- Clio Goldsmith, French actress
- Clio Barnard, British film director
- Olive Hazlett, American mathematician & academic (1890-1974)

## 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.