Clio
- #5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births
- Last seen for boys in 1933 at #3,004
- Given to girls 97.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1906 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 856since 1894
Clio over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Clio has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #5,099 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,999 | 26 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,014 | 36 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,455 | 32 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
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| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
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| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
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| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
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| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1894
The first year at least five girls were named Clio! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Clio is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New York#2,075 · 1 in 15,666
Best ever in a state: #824 in Massachusetts, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #2,075 | 5 | 1 in 15,666 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 863 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #5,099)
- 215 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #5,099)
- 1,110 spots since 2015 (#3,989 → #5,099)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1906 at #1,416 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1907, 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 36,912
- Highest: 1 in 36,912 girls born in 1906 were named Clio (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 29.9% of all girls named Clio (256) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,485 (1894) | #1,520 |
| 1900s | 28 | #1,416 (1906) | #1,856 |
| 1910s | 80 | #2,009 (1914) | #2,733 |
| 1920s | 58 | #2,899 (1920) | #3,716 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,848 (1931) | #4,033 |
| 1940s | 6 | #4,764 (1947) | #4,764 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,545 (1986) | #10,672 |
| 1990s | 80 | #5,661 (1999) | #9,226 |
| 2000s | 156 | #5,800 (2005) | #7,602 |
| 2010s | 256 | #3,989 (2015) | #5,373 |
| 2020s | 160 | #4,014 (2021) | #4,995 |
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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