Girls' name · since 1906
Cloa
70 babies named Cloa in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,076 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
70 girls have been named Cloa since 1906, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cloa has 70 recorded births among girls since 1906, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1906 to 1934.
- #31,076 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 70 born since 1906
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cloa ranks #31,076 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1906, peaking in the 1920s.
- #31,076 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
Cloa's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cloa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cloa's SSA record in two at 1921 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1921, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cloa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–1934
- Peak year (1920)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Cloa by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (32 births, 46% of the file).
1920s was Cloa's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Cloa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
13 births
- 1910s
1910s
14 births
- 1920s
1920s
32 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 32 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Cloa's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 1930s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cloa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1906–1934 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cloa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.