How Many People Are Named Cleo?
people named Cleo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 27,505 people in the US has this name
Based on 45,092 babies named Cleo in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,399 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of CLEOPATRA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cleo, 77.4% were girls and 22.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 87.3% of the babies were girls then and 95.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cleo alive today is about 44 years old, and 44% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 7 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cleo first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 1,399 babies. In 2025, 534 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cleo has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #171, in 1907. In 2025 it ranked #577. Among boys, its best rank was #258, in 1915.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #577 | #5,243 |
| Best rank | #171 (1907) | #258 (1915) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #226 in the 1920s | #333 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cleo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cleo were born in California than in any other state: about 1,133 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cleo was given 2.9 times as often in Arkansas, 2.9 times in Oklahoma and 2.6 times in Utah.
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