Kleo
Kleo is a German action-thriller comedy television series co-created by Hanno Hackfort, Richard Kropf, and Bob Konrad for Netflix, premiering in 2022. It follows the revenge journey of a former East German Stasi assassin, Kleo Straub, after her arrest and subsequent imprisonment until the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Meaning & Origin of Kleo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kleo is a German action-thriller comedy television series co-created by Hanno Hackfort, Richard Kropf, and Bob Konrad for Netflix, premiering in 2022. It follows the revenge journey of a former East German Stasi assassin, Kleo Straub, after her arrest and subsequent imprisonment until the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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The Story of Kleo
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Kleo as a girl name dates back to 2005, when 5 babies received it. 2026 was its biggest year on record, with 63 newborns named Kleo — #2,725 in the national rankings. About 75% of every Kleo on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kleo ranks #2,725 for girls with 63 births, rising sharply (+104% over the past five years). All told, over 455 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Kleo as a boy name dates back to 2021, when 7 babies received it. 2023 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Kleo — #7,734 in the national rankings. Kleo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 29 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kleo
Kleo is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2005 and has accumulated 455 births in the dataset. Kleo's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #2,725. Use the chart and map above to compare Kleo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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