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Cleo
Pronounced /ˈkliːoʊ/
Rank in 2024
#605
Born in 2024
495
Peak year
1920 · #191
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:21 in 2024 (#4,842)
1880 to 2024
Vintage revivalIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 495 girls were named Cleo, about 1 in every 3,259.
- It peaked in 1920 with 1,049 babies, ranked #191.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 33,044 girls have been named Cleo since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Cleo per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.8Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 16,639 babies, 0.81 per 1,000. Silent: 6,865 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,424 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 582 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 584 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,066 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,175 babies, 0.16 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Shortened from Cleopatra or a variant of Clio. The rare male name derives from names of Ancient Greek origin such as Cleon and Cleopas.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈkliːoʊ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Cleo, CC BY-SA 4.0.