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Cleo
Pronounced /ˈkliːoʊ/
Rank in 2024
#4,842
Born in 2024
21
Peak year
1918 · #280
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:495 in 2024 (#605)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 21 boys were named Cleo, about 1 in every 81,682.
- It peaked in 1918 with 363 babies, ranked #280.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 11,508 boys 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.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5,285 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Silent: 3,104 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,607 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 558 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 332 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 170 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 203 babies, 0.01 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.