# Cloe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cloe/  
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 | /ˈkloʊ.i/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,927 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 3,922 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 452, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Possibly a variant of French Clouet.

## 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 | 97 | 2,022 |
| 2012 | 84 | 2,242 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,776 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,817 |
| 2015 | 51 | 3,224 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,940 |
| 2017 | 49 | 3,258 |
| 2018 | 36 | 4,019 |
| 2019 | 34 | 4,186 |
| 2020 | 49 | 3,192 |
| 2021 | 46 | 3,403 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,045 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,905 |
| 2024 | 61 | 2,782 |
| 2025 | 62 | 2,758 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 5 | 4,295 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 31 | 995 |
| 2009 | 19 | 1,467 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Cloe

- Cloé Lacasse, Canadian soccer player

## 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.