Clea is a rare variant of Cleo that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2022.
Clea is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,961 for girl births in the United States (and #10,351 across all names), given to 20 babies. Clea was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 2022 (26 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | #5,961 | — |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | #5,332 | — |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | #5,593 | — |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | #5,055 | — |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | #6,459 | — |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | #8,513 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | #8,233 | — |
| 2018 | 16 | 16 | #7,173 | — |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #7,535 | — |
| 2016 | 11 | 11 | #9,550 | — |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | #9,073 | — |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 | #8,149 | — |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | #8,232 | — |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | #10,611 | — |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | #8,738 | — |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #10,591 | — |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #9,522 | — |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #10,981 | — |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | #11,010 | — |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 | #6,925 | — |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | #10,303 | — |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | #7,927 | — |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | #8,092 | — |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | #6,456 | — |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #7,836 | — |
| 2000 | 16 | 16 | #6,556 | — |
| 1999 | 13 | 13 | #7,329 | — |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | #6,785 | — |
| 1997 | 10 | — | #8,491 | — |
| 1996 | 7 | — | #10,819 | — |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #10,815 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | — | #12,106 | — |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #10,500 | — |
| 1990 | 12 | — | #6,960 | — |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #11,126 | — |
| 1988 | 9 | — | #7,826 | — |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #8,962 | — |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #7,716 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #6,385 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | — | #9,256 | — |
| 1982 | 12 | — | #5,610 | — |
| 1981 | 9 | — | #6,910 | — |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #8,328 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #9,219 | — |
| 1978 | 11 | — | #5,631 | — |
| 1977 | 6 | — | #8,656 | — |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #6,729 | — |
| 1975 | 9 | — | #6,061 | — |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #5,559 | — |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #6,103 | — |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #4,225 | — |
| 1968 | 7 | — | #5,731 | — |
| 1965 | 13 | — | #3,576 | — |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #5,082 | — |
| 1963 | 13 | — | #3,655 | — |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #4,936 | — |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #5,386 | — |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #6,411 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #5,805 | — |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #4,937 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #5,368 | — |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #4,842 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #4,146 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,912 | — |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,611 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #2,898 | — |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,473 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,522 | — |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,944 | — |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #4,157 | — |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #3,098 | — |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #3,950 | — |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,974 | — |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,716 | — |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #4,099 | #4,452 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #4,040 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #3,900 | — |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,949 | — |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,613 | — |
| 1915 | 8 | — | #3,185 | — |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,265 | — |