Girls' name · since 1920
Klea
289 babies named Klea in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,244 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,525 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 289
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
289 babies have been named Klea since 1920, making it today's #9525 girls' name.
Klea has 289 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9525 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #16,244 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,525 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 289 born since 1920
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Klea ranks #16,244 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,525 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 289 born since 1920, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,244 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,525 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 289
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Klea's 289 recorded births place it above 77.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Klea compares
289 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Klea's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Klea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 289 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Klea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Klea splits its recorded history at 2012: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1939 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Klea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Klea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (122 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Klea's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Klea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 8
1920s
8 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
122 births
- 2020s
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 122 births (42% of all-time use).
Klea by state
Where Klea concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
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- Klea's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (122 total births) through the 2020s (79) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Kleas (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Klea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Klea 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.