Zoe
#31 for girls in 2025, 5,646 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 5,733 births
- Debut · girls
- 23 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 26 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 163,256since 1880
Zoe over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #31 | 5,646 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #29 | 5,733 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #36 | 5,190 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #38 | 5,022 | #4,442 | 23 |
| 2021 | #42 | 4,739 | #4,780 | 20 |
| 2020 | #40 | 4,799 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #38 | 5,071 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #40 | 5,124 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #41 | 5,173 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #35 | 5,764 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #33 | 6,051 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #32 | 5,884 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #31 | 5,978 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #30 | 6,466 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #31 | 6,309 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #31 | 6,274 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #47 | 5,152 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #58 | 4,781 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #56 | 4,937 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #54 | 5,153 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #58 | 4,965 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #54 | 5,363 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #57 | 5,087 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #60 | 4,887 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #65 | 4,645 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #82 | 3,785 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #104 | 3,237 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #122 | 2,692 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #134 | 2,362 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #155 | 2,065 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #176 | 1,726 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #215 | 1,335 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #236 | 1,192 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #281 | 982 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #356 | 722 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #503 | 478 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #580 | 377 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #770 | 243 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #733 | 246 | — | |
| 1986 | #786 | 214 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #829 | 196 | — | |
| 1984 | #789 | 203 | — | |
| 1983 | #869 | 175 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,088 | 130 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #1,181 | 112 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,260 | 103 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #1,204 | 108 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,290 | 94 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,067 | 122 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #1,191 | 95 | — | |
| 1975 | #984 | 125 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,094 | 106 | — | |
| 1973 | #980 | 121 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #1,146 | 95 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,015 | 122 | — | |
| 1970 | #961 | 132 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #1,162 | 92 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,166 | 86 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,187 | 80 | — | |
| 1966 | #929 | 118 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,238 | 76 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,229 | 80 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,211 | 82 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,104 | 97 | — | |
| 1961 | #972 | 123 | — | |
| 1960 | #987 | 118 | — | |
| 1959 | #933 | 126 | — | |
| 1958 | #824 | 151 | — | |
| 1957 | #848 | 143 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,058 | 93 | — | |
| 1955 | #902 | 118 | — | |
| 1954 | #878 | 119 | — | |
| 1953 | #974 | 96 | — | |
| 1952 | #925 | 100 | — | |
| 1951 | #945 | 96 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,123 | 67 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,000 | 81 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,228 | 54 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,042 | 66 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,175 | 45 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,129 | 48 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,291 | 40 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,076 | 53 | — | |
| 1941 | #948 | 60 | — | |
| 1940 | #971 | 54 | — | |
| 1939 | #953 | 55 | — | |
| 1938 | #870 | 65 | — | |
| 1937 | #810 | 72 | — | |
| 1936 | #757 | 79 | — | |
| 1935 | #713 | 89 | — | |
| 1934 | #751 | 79 | — | |
| 1933 | #742 | 79 | — | |
| 1932 | #724 | 86 | — | |
| 1931 | #761 | 77 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,002 | 54 | — | |
| 1929 | #828 | 73 | — | |
| 1928 | #924 | 64 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,010 | 57 | — | |
| 1926 | #980 | 58 | — | |
| 1925 | #870 | 73 | — | |
| 1924 | #868 | 74 | — | |
| 1923 | #941 | 61 | — | |
| 1922 | #917 | 64 | — | |
| 1921 | #771 | 90 | — | |
| 1920 | #814 | 80 | — | |
| 1919 | #984 | 53 | — | |
| 1918 | #869 | 68 | — | |
| 1917 | #916 | 57 | — | |
| 1916 | #840 | 65 | — | |
| 1915 | #865 | 57 | — | |
| 1914 | #972 | 37 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,020 | 28 | — | |
| 1912 | #820 | 37 | — | |
| 1911 | #790 | 30 | — | |
| 1910 | #723 | 34 | — | |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 | — | |
| 1908 | #809 | 23 | — | |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 | — | |
| 1906 | #845 | 19 | — | |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 | — | |
| 1904 | #668 | 27 | — | |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 | — | |
| 1902 | #559 | 34 | — | |
| 1901 | #615 | 26 | — | |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 | — | |
| 1899 | #593 | 27 | — | |
| 1898 | #586 | 30 | — | |
| 1897 | #491 | 35 | — | |
| 1896 | #487 | 36 | — | |
| 1895 | #499 | 34 | — | |
| 1894 | #546 | 28 | — | |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | — | |
| 1892 | #465 | 34 | — | |
| 1891 | #430 | 34 | — | |
| 1890 | #384 | 42 | — | |
| 1889 | #454 | 29 | — | |
| 1888 | #369 | 42 | — | |
| 1887 | #367 | 34 | — | |
| 1886 | #432 | 25 | — | |
| 1885 | #394 | 27 | — | |
| 1884 | #358 | 31 | — | |
| 1883 | #386 | 23 | — | |
| 1882 | #352 | 25 | — | |
| 1881 | #346 | 22 | — | |
| 1880 | #333 | 23 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Zoe was already there! It came in at #333, and was given to 23 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1909, when fewer than 28 girls a year got the name.
Where Zoe is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#509 · 1 in 6,036
- New York#598 · 1 in 5,439
- California#703 · 1 in 6,309
- Pennsylvania#753 · 1 in 10,743
- Illinois#1,037 · 1 in 14,623
Best ever in a state: #3 in District of Columbia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #509 | 7 | 1 in 6,036 |
| New York | #598 | 26 | 1 in 5,439 |
| California | #703 | 26 | 1 in 6,309 |
| Pennsylvania | #753 | 8 | 1 in 10,743 |
| Illinois | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 14,623 |
| Texas | #1,268 | 6 | 1 in 17,363 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Zoe
- 2 spots since 2024 (#29 → #31)
- 9 spots since 2020 (#40 → #31)
- 2 spots since 2015 (#33 → #31)
- Biggest jump: 309 spots in 1966 (#1,238 → #929)
- Biggest drop: 258 spots in 1967 (#929 → #1,187)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2024 at #29 (5,733 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
- Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1983–2025
- Highest: 1 in 272 girls born in 2012 were named Zoe (0.37%)
- Latest: 1 in 285 girls born in 2025 (0.35%)
- Its best rank, #29 in 2024, was only 1 in 283 (0.35%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.6% of all girls named Zoe (58,094) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 281 | #333 (1880) | #379 |
| 1890s | 323 | #384 (1890) | #508 |
| 1900s | 239 | #559 (1902) | #746 |
| 1910s | 466 | #723 (1910) | #880 |
| 1920s | 694 | #771 (1921) | #892 |
| 1930s | 735 | #713 (1935) | #808 |
| 1940s | 569 | #948 (1941) | #1,093 |
| 1950s | 1,109 | #824 (1958) | #941 |
| 1960s | 952 | #929 (1966) | #1,119 |
| 1970s | 1,120 | #961 (1970) | #1,093 |
| 1980s | 1,999 | #580 (1989) | #889 |
| 1990s | 16,791 | #104 (1999) | #228 |
| 2000s | 48,755 | #47 (2009) | #59 |
| 2010s | 58,094 | #30 (2012) | #34 |
| 2020s | 31,129 | #29 (2024) | #36 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Zoe in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 13,244 of them was named Zoe, which outranked 89.7% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 265,461 of them was named Zoe, which outranked 29.4% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).