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 — 322 0.0915%
1911 — 330 0.0886%
1912 — 436 0.0865%
1913 — 504 0.0889%
1914 — 636 0.0913%
1915 — 897 0.0987%
1916 — 1,015 0.1051%
1917 — 990 0.099%
1918 — 984 0.0917%
1919 — 990 0.0945%
1920 — 1,029 0.0925%
1921 — 975 0.0851%
1922 — 974 0.0874%
1923 — 861 0.0769%
1924 — 896 0.0772%
1925 — 796 0.0704%
1926 — 721 0.0656%
1927 — 634 0.0573%
1928 — 584 0.0546%
1929 — 559 0.054%
1930 — 484 0.0463%
1931 — 464 0.047%
1932 — 434 0.0439%
1933 — 391 0.042%
1934 — 425 0.044%
1935 — 401 0.0413%
1936 — 324 0.0336%
1937 — 367 0.0372%
1938 — 368 0.0359%
1939 — 286 0.0281%
1940 — 262 0.0246%
1941 — 241 0.0214%
1942 — 225 0.0178%
1943 — 209 0.016%
1944 — 160 0.0129%
1945 — 141 0.0116%
1946 — 147 0.01%
1947 — 163 0.0098%
1948 — 98 0.0061%
1949 — 104 0.0065%
1950 — 97 0.006%
1951 — 67 0.004%
1952 — 108 0.0062%
1953 — 69 0.0039%
1954 — 76 0.0042%
1955 — 86 0.0047%
1956 — 81 0.0043%
1957 — 45 0.0023%
1958 — 46 0.0024%
1959 — 33 0.0017%
1960 — 23 0.0012%
1961 — 9 0.0005%
1962 — 25 0.0014%
1963 — 10 0.0006%
1964 — 27 0.0015%
1965 — 20 0.0012%
1966 — 22 0.0014%
1967 — 6 0.0004%
1968 — 7 0.0005%
1969 — 5 0.0003%
1970 — 0 0%
1971 — 0 0%
1972 — 0 0%
1973 — 10 0.0008%
1974 — 5 0.0004%
1975 — 0 0%
1976 — 0 0%
1977 — 0 0%
1978 — 0 0%
1979 — 15 0.0011%
1980 — 5 0.0003%
1981 — 0 0%
1982 — 0 0%
1983 — 5 0.0003%
1984 — 5 0.0003%
1985 — 17 0.0011%
1986 — 5 0.0003%
1987 — 0 0%
1988 — 7 0.0004%
1989 — 13 0.0008%
1990 — 13 0.0008%
1991 — 8 0.0005%
1992 — 27 0.0017%
1993 — 0 0%
1994 — 0 0%
1995 — 16 0.0011%
1996 — 13 0.0009%
1997 — 15 0.001%
1998 — 22 0.0015%
1999 — 14 0.0009%
2000 — 12 0.0008%
2001 — 30 0.002%
2002 — 17 0.0011%
2003 — 20 0.0013%
2004 — 24 0.0016%
2005 — 16 0.001%
2006 — 18 0.0011%
2007 — 25 0.0016%
2008 — 12 0.0008%
2009 — 33 0.0022%
2010 — 37 0.0026%
2011 — 47 0.0033%
2012 — 70 0.0049%
2013 — 33 0.0023%
2014 — 53 0.0036%
2015 — 54 0.0037%
2016 — 93 0.0065%
2017 — 85 0.0061%
2018 — 158 0.0115%
2019 — 213 0.0157%
2020 — 226 0.0178%
2021 — 281 0.023%
2022 — 392 0.0297%
2023 — 444 0.0343%

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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 <3

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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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