Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Cleo

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
To Praise, Acclaim
Illustrious

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Cleo

Pronunciation

c-leo

Famous People

Actress Cleo DuVall

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of David Schwimmer, Daughter of Sam Elliott

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1918 (rank #279, 363 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5208, 18 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1920 (rank #191, 1,048 births); most recent 2025 (rank #577, 516 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202518516
202421495
202325488
202217445
202119355
202016303
201912270
201826222
201718153
201619144

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #4744, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #114, 423 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–423
2024–376
2023–370
2022–383
2021–359
2020–277
2019–257
20183277
2017–285
2016–228

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2013 (rank #976, 39 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1461, 21 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #177, 358 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202321358
202216350
20219295
202018227
201928226
201817242
201724217
201627228
201520207
201425210

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1975 (rank #321, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #212, 21 births); most recent 2025 (rank #276, 15 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
2025–15
2024–21
2023–11
2022–14
2021–10
2020–10
2019–12
2018–8
2017–21
2016–11

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #173, 25 births); most recent 2025 (rank #183, 22 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202522
202416
202318
202225
202122
202019
201920
201812
201717
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #209, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #259, 6 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
20256
2024–
20238
20223
20217
20205
2019–
20184
20174
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #203, 15 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202315
20225
202110
202013
20196
20189
20176
20168
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence