Clea
- #5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births
- Last seen for boys in 1937 at #3,518
- Given to girls 98.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 815since 1914
Clea over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Clea has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,917 | 20 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | — | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Clea! It came in at #3,188, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Clea is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Clea in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Clea
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 617 spots since 2024 (#5,300 → #5,917)
- 2,489 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #5,917)
- 3,014 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #5,917)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1936 at #2,857 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 63,082
- Highest: 1 in 63,082 girls born in 2022 were named Clea (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,857 in 1936, was only 1 in 115,599 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 16.3% of all girls named Clea (133) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | #3,134 (1915) | #3,512 |
| 1920s | 56 | #2,939 (1925) | #3,652 |
| 1930s | 33 | #2,857 (1936) | #3,674 |
| 1940s | 17 | #4,054 (1944) | #4,687 |
| 1950s | 16 | #4,833 (1951) | #5,584 |
| 1960s | 68 | #3,549 (1965) | #4,601 |
| 1970s | 57 | #5,480 (1972) | #6,728 |
| 1980s | 74 | #5,534 (1982) | #7,856 |
| 1990s | 76 | #6,719 (1998) | #9,043 |
| 2000s | 133 | #6,392 (2002) | #8,440 |
| 2010s | 128 | #7,100 (2018) | #8,670 |
| 2020s | 122 | #5,028 (2022) | #6,102 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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