Infographic of Cleo name meaning, which is “The celebrated one,” from the Greek kleo, make known or famous. Also regarded as a diminutive of Cleopatra.
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Cleo Name Popularity

How popular is the name Cleo? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 187 322 0.0915%
1911 191 330 0.0886%
1912 202 436 0.0865%
1913 197 504 0.0889%
1914 196 636 0.0913%
1915 181 897 0.0987%
1916 178 1,015 0.1051%
1917 187 990 0.099%
1918 195 984 0.0917%
1919 190 990 0.0945%
1920 190 1,029 0.0925%
1921 201 975 0.0851%
1922 202 974 0.0874%
1923 214 861 0.0769%
1924 213 896 0.0772%
1925 225 796 0.0704%
1926 236 721 0.0656%
1927 255 634 0.0573%
1928 258 584 0.0546%
1929 261 559 0.054%
1930 286 484 0.0463%
1931 278 464 0.047%
1932 286 434 0.0439%
1933 292 391 0.042%
1934 287 425 0.044%
1935 289 401 0.0413%
1936 322 324 0.0336%
1937 308 367 0.0372%
1938 308 368 0.0359%
1939 355 286 0.0281%
1940 380 262 0.0246%
1941 403 241 0.0214%
1942 447 225 0.0178%
1943 462 209 0.016%
1944 500 160 0.0129%
1945 531 141 0.0116%
1946 570 147 0.01%
1947 587 163 0.0098%
1948 702 98 0.0061%
1949 692 104 0.0065%
1950 722 97 0.006%
1951 856 67 0.004%
1952 715 108 0.0062%
1953 871 69 0.0039%
1954 860 76 0.0042%
1955 839 86 0.0047%
1956 877 81 0.0043%
1957 1,117 45 0.0023%
1958 1,111 46 0.0024%
1959 1,237 33 0.0017%
1960 1,425 23 0.0012%
1961 1,889 9 0.0005%
1962 1,404 25 0.0014%
1963 1,851 10 0.0006%
1964 1,371 27 0.0015%
1965 1,463 20 0.0012%
1966 1,436 22 0.0014%
1967 2,080 6 0.0004%
1968 2,064 7 0.0005%
1969 2,595 5 0.0003%
1970 — 0 0%
1971 — 0 0%
1972 — 0 0%
1973 2,008 10 0.0008%
1974 2,574 5 0.0004%
1975 — 0 0%
1976 — 0 0%
1977 — 0 0%
1978 — 0 0%
1979 2,033 15 0.0011%
1980 3,077 5 0.0003%
1981 — 0 0%
1982 — 0 0%
1983 3,157 5 0.0003%
1984 3,333 5 0.0003%
1985 2,052 17 0.0011%
1986 3,290 5 0.0003%
1987 — 0 0%
1988 2,893 7 0.0004%
1989 2,571 13 0.0008%
1990 2,614 13 0.0008%
1991 3,074 8 0.0005%
1992 2,022 27 0.0017%
1993 — 0 0%
1994 — 0 0%
1995 2,413 16 0.0011%
1996 2,599 13 0.0009%
1997 2,478 15 0.001%
1998 2,230 22 0.0015%
1999 2,652 14 0.0009%
2000 2,778 12 0.0008%
2001 2,109 30 0.002%
2002 2,548 17 0.0011%
2003 2,467 20 0.0013%
2004 2,334 24 0.0016%
2005 2,712 16 0.001%
2006 2,643 18 0.0011%
2007 2,429 25 0.0016%
2008 2,932 12 0.0008%
2009 2,140 33 0.0022%
2010 2,009 37 0.0026%
2011 1,813 47 0.0033%
2012 1,565 70 0.0049%
2013 2,037 33 0.0023%
2014 1,739 53 0.0036%
2015 1,692 54 0.0037%
2016 1,378 93 0.0065%
2017 1,386 85 0.0061%
2018 1,039 158 0.0115%
2019 891 213 0.0157%
2020 919 226 0.0178%
2021 798 281 0.023%
2022 671 392 0.0297%

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Names Like Cleo

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What names are variants of Cleo?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Cleo.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Clea

To praise

Greek

Clio

Glory

Greek

What names sound like Cleo?

If you like how Cleo sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Cleo.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Calee

Beautiful, lovely

Greek

Caley

Slim and fair

Irish

Claea
Clo

Green shoot

Greek

Cloe

Green shoot

Greek

Cloey

Green shoot

Greek

Cole

People of victory

Greek

Coley

People of victory

Greek

Klea
Klio

Greek

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7 Comments

  1. I discovered years ago that my name Cleopatra translates Kleospater in Greek means Father’s glory and I thought what a beautiful I was given. I’m also often called Chloe lol

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  2. Ok

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  3. My name is Cleo. I always loved having a unque name. People tend to remember it. Perhaps because you are always correcting them. Often called Chloe, Clare and Cleopatra.
    Diffinately not common or boring.

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  4. I has to say I always get called Chloe but for me I don’t know why do they sound similar because they don’t anyway I love being called Cleo it’s a beautiful name and suits me all the time

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  5. My names cleo and be prepared to be called chloe or asked is it short for cleopatra a million times. Otherwise love being called cleo

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    • Me too, forever bring called Chloe but like you I love my name ?

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  6. My great grandmother was named Cleo. I never met her but she did a wonderful job raising my grandfather. The name means “glory”.

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