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 2002
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#25 · 1 in 116
- Oregon#25 · 1 in 172
- Alaska#30 · 1 in 127
- Montana#31 · 1 in 125
- Vermont#33 · 1 in 123
Best ever in a state: #3 in District of Columbia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #25 | 30 | 1 in 116 |
| Oregon | #25 | 93 | 1 in 172 |
| Alaska | #30 | 18 | 1 in 127 |
| Montana | #31 | 22 | 1 in 125 |
| Vermont | #33 | 13 | 1 in 123 |
| Colorado | #37 | 121 | 1 in 205 |
| Idaho | #43 | 30 | 1 in 207 |
| Washington | #43 | 118 | 1 in 241 |
| Nebraska | #44 | 39 | 1 in 213 |
| Wyoming | #44 | 9 | 1 in 138 |
| Maryland | #46 | 106 | 1 in 224 |
| Indiana | #47 | 141 | 1 in 229 |
| Nevada | #47 | 46 | 1 in 222 |
| Rhode Island | #47 | 23 | 1 in 170 |
| Kansas | #48 | 58 | 1 in 232 |
| Arkansas | #49 | 51 | 1 in 232 |
| Hawaii | #50 | 16 | 1 in 204 |
| Louisiana | #52 | 84 | 1 in 244 |
| Oklahoma | #53 | 64 | 1 in 260 |
| Georgia | #56 | 153 | 1 in 316 |
| Minnesota | #57 | 99 | 1 in 256 |
| Ohio | #57 | 209 | 1 in 278 |
| Alabama | #58 | 70 | 1 in 279 |
| Iowa | #58 | 52 | 1 in 260 |
| Massachusetts | #58 | 115 | 1 in 267 |
| Missouri | #58 | 107 | 1 in 261 |
| Michigan | #59 | 168 | 1 in 290 |
| Tennessee | #60 | 102 | 1 in 294 |
| Pennsylvania | #61 | 186 | 1 in 297 |
| South Carolina | #61 | 55 | 1 in 300 |
| Delaware | #62 | 15 | 1 in 203 |
| Virginia | #64 | 114 | 1 in 313 |
| West Virginia | #65 | 27 | 1 in 264 |
| Wisconsin | #65 | 83 | 1 in 300 |
| Texas | #66 | 431 | 1 in 362 |
| North Carolina | #67 | 128 | 1 in 339 |
| Maine | #68 | 18 | 1 in 245 |
| New Hampshire | #68 | 19 | 1 in 239 |
| Florida | #73 | 231 | 1 in 333 |
| Mississippi | #75 | 34 | 1 in 333 |
| California | #77 | 557 | 1 in 400 |
| Illinois | #78 | 186 | 1 in 369 |
| New York | #78 | 260 | 1 in 373 |
| Connecticut | #79 | 48 | 1 in 305 |
| Arizona | #80 | 91 | 1 in 357 |
| Utah | #84 | 50 | 1 in 352 |
| New Jersey | #88 | 109 | 1 in 378 |
| North Dakota | #89 | 9 | 1 in 257 |
| New Mexico | #98 | 25 | 1 in 333 |
| Kentucky | #100 | 46 | 1 in 419 |
| South Dakota | #123 | 8 | 1 in 369 |
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 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 368 of them was named Zoe, which outranked 99.7% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 121,345 of them was named Zoe, which outranked 62.3% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,502Yu17
- #4,502Zachari17
- #4,502Zackry17
- #4,703Zoe16
- #4,703Aadil16
- #4,703Abhay16
- #4,703Adi16
- #4,919Akaash15
- #4,919Alaa15
- #4,919Ameya15
Tied with 215 names at #4,703; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.