NameTides

Cleo

Cleo was the #577 girls' name in the US in 2025 (516 babies), and #114 in England & Wales and #329 in Canada.

Cleo as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Cleo as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUS
Cleo as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#577 (516)#114 (423)#183 (22)#259 (6)#273 (15)#329 (95)—#92 (69)
2024#607 (495)#129 (376)#230 (16)—#209 (21)#494 (60)—#89 (67)
2023#608 (490)#135 (370)#223 (18)#209 (8)#339 (11)#351 (84)#87 (77)#81 (65)
2022#664 (445)#132 (383)#173 (25)#418 (3)#304 (14)#517 (56)——
2021#793 (356)#138 (359)#191 (22)#237 (7)#390 (10)#484 (61)—#91 (65)
2020#881 (303)#180 (277)#203 (19)#281 (5)#375 (10)#633 (45)——
2019#968 (270)#191 (257)#206 (20)—#347 (12)#676 (44)——
2018#1,108 (222)#192 (277)#301 (12)#361 (4)#474 (8)#655 (45)——
2017#1,465 (153)#187 (285)#247 (17)#355 (4)#233 (21)#857 (32)——
2016#1,545 (145)#227 (228)#383 (9)#306 (5)#390 (11)#1,157 (22)——
2015#1,743 (120)#242 (206)#379 (9)—#462 (9)#1,267 (19)——
2014#1,982 (100)#403 (108)#802 (3)—#661 (5)#1,530 (15)——
2013#2,279 (81)#358 (127)#367 (10)—#660 (5)#864 (31)——
2012#1,690 (124)#468 (96)#665 (4)—#612 (6)#890 (30)——
2011#2,173 (87)#486 (88)#579 (5)—#798 (4)#1,305 (18)——

Cleo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
Cleo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Cleo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIreland
2025#5,208 (18)——
2024#4,701 (21)——
2023#4,220 (25)——
2022#5,445 (17)——
2021#4,936 (19)——
2020#5,451 (16)——
2019#6,777 (12)——
2018#3,993 (26)#4,749 (3)—
2017#5,111 (18)——
2016#4,943 (19)——
2015#5,507 (16)——
2014#9,642 (7)——
2013#9,655 (7)——
2012#5,482 (16)——
2011#9,600 (7)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1907 at #171.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 600common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 810common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Cleo is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cleo by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #452WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #541ILMichigan: #504MINew York: #473NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: #483ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #721INOhio: #711OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #370CAUtah: #249UTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #762TXFlorida: #864FL
Cleo (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#18731
Ontario2024#82314

Cleo (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CleoCanadaGirls#32995
CleoEngland & WalesGirls#114423
CleoEngland & WalesBoys—too few
CleoIrelandGirls#27315
CleoIrelandBoys—too few
CleoNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
CleoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CleoNSWGirls—too few
CleoScotlandGirls#18322
CleoUSGirls#577516
CleoUSBoys#5,20818
CleoVICGirls#9269