Recorded 1883–2025 · United States
Cloe was most popular in 2008, when 300 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,655 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,847, with 62 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,927 people named Cloe.
Cloe first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1883, which makes it about 142 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 82 of the 143 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,927 American births named Cloe between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,613 are estimated to be alive today.
62 American babies were named Cloe in 2025, ranking #4,847 that year.
Cloe is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 56 births a year, against 71 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -21% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Cloe is a girl’s name — 99.9% of the 3,927 Americans given it were girls and 0.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,613 Americans named Cloe are alive today — 92% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 20 years old, and half are between 16 and 24. That is a narrow band: Cloe arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
A variant of Chloe · Greek · "green shoot"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org