Clelia — #13488 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Clelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 530 babies named Clelia between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clelia currently holds the #13488 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clelia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Clelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Clelia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clelia 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 530 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.