Clea — #5295 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Clea

The Social Security Administration has registered 795 babies named Clea between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clea currently holds the #5295 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Clea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Clea in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 795 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.