Chloe
- Pronunciation
- [Klo-ee]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Means
- Origin
- French
About the Name Chloe
Chloe descends from the Greek Chloē, meaning "young green shoot" or "verdure" — referring specifically to the bright green of new grass and growing plants in spring. The name was used as an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter (goddess of agriculture and the harvest), where Chloē referred to her aspect as the bringer of new growth. The name's dual register — both simple plant-imagery and divine epithet — gives it an unusually layered classical pedigree.
The name's English-language history is sparse before the 18th century, when its appearance in pastoral poetry (often as a generic stand-in for a shepherdess or country maiden) gave it a literary fashion. The New Testament includes a brief mention of "the people of Chloe" in Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians, providing a thin Christian anchoring. Notable modern bearers include actress Chloë Sevigny (American independent-film career through the 1990s and 2000s), pop singer Chlöe Bailey, and British model Chloe Bennet.
The American Chloe surge began in the 1990s and climbed into the US top 15 girls' rank by 2010. The name's appeal is its compact Greek elegance — two syllables, distinctively classical without being heavy, the green-growth imagery giving it a fresh tonal register, and easy spelling and pronunciation in both English and Romance languages. Common nicknames Clo, Cleo (also a separate name), and the rarer Klo each appear; the alternate spelling Khloe (a more recent trans-literation, popularized in part by reality television personality Khloé Kardashian) has its own US-naming uptake. Direct variants include the original Greek Chloē, French Chloé, and Italian Cloe.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Chloe
US Popularity History (1998–2025)
Annual US births named Chloe by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2009 with 11,918 girls named Chloe (girl rank #9 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #23 for girls (6,203 US births). That's 14 places below its 2009 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Chloe Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Chloe the strongest states are New York, Hawaii, Louisiana.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #14 | 4,276 |
| 2 | Hawaii | #15 | 245 |
| 3 | Louisiana | #16 | 965 |
| 4 | Georgia | #16 | 2,101 |
| 5 | Florida | #18 | 4,063 |
| 6 | Mississippi | #18 | 588 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | #19 | 1,451 |
| 8 | New Jersey | #21 | 1,813 |
| 9 | Utah | #22 | 905 |
| 10 | District of Columbia | #22 | 219 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #64 | 191 |
| 2 | Montana | #52 | 144 |
| 3 | West Virginia | #51 | 252 |
| 4 | Arkansas | #50 | 408 |
| 5 | New Hampshire | #49 | 201 |
| 6 | Wyoming | #48 | 64 |
| 7 | North Dakota | #44 | 151 |
| 8 | Iowa | #42 | 494 |
| 9 | Arizona | #42 | 969 |
| 10 | Minnesota | #38 | 927 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Chloe in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloe | Variant Of Chloe. | Female | English |
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Compare Chloe to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Chloe against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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