Zoey
#69 for girls in 2025, 3,427 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 7,482 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 115,332since 1967
Zoey 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 | #69 | 3,427 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #59 | 3,613 | — | |
| 2023 | #51 | 4,061 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #45 | 4,516 | — | |
| 2021 | #38 | 5,217 | — | |
| 2020 | #32 | 5,388 | — | |
| 2019 | #31 | 5,686 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #29 | 5,946 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #28 | 6,077 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #26 | 6,481 | — | |
| 2015 | #23 | 6,977 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #22 | 7,440 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #24 | 7,258 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #20 | 7,482 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #28 | 6,407 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #47 | 5,220 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #75 | 3,995 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #98 | 3,450 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #112 | 3,044 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #119 | 2,858 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #152 | 2,275 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #208 | 1,622 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #221 | 1,469 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #268 | 1,182 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #363 | 822 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #410 | 691 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #468 | 563 | — | |
| 1998 | #528 | 478 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #571 | 407 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #654 | 339 | — | |
| 1995 | #874 | 219 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,247 | 138 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #1,250 | 138 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #1,202 | 145 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,584 | 96 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
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| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
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| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Zoey! It came in at #6,042, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1969, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Zoey is popular in 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#321 · 1 in 2,182
- Washington#487 · 1 in 3,078
- Oregon#522 · 1 in 3,251
- Minnesota#540 · 1 in 4,396
- Pennsylvania#783 · 1 in 7,607
Best ever in a state: #6 in North Dakota, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #321 | 7 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Washington | #487 | 10 | 1 in 3,078 |
| Oregon | #522 | 5 | 1 in 3,251 |
| Minnesota | #540 | 6 | 1 in 4,396 |
| Pennsylvania | #783 | 9 | 1 in 7,607 |
| Ohio | #837 | 8 | 1 in 8,493 |
| New York | #1,061 | 12 | 1 in 9,676 |
| Texas | #1,230 | 12 | 1 in 11,465 |
| California | #1,275 | 20 | 1 in 12,840 |
| Illinois | #1,426 | 5 | 1 in 15,056 |
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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 Zoey
- 10 spots since 2024 (#59 → #69)
- 37 spots since 2020 (#32 → #69)
- 46 spots since 2015 (#23 → #69)
- Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1995 (#1,247 → #874)
- Biggest drop: 10 spots in 2025 (#59 → #69)
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 2012 at #20 (7,482 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
- Highest: 1 in 235 girls born in 2012 were named Zoey (0.42%)
- Latest: 1 in 469 girls born in 2025 (0.21%)
- 56.3% of all girls named Zoey (64,974) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,042 (1967) | #6,042 |
| 1970s | 76 | #4,459 (1974) | #6,487 |
| 1980s | 90 | #4,840 (1988) | #5,810 |
| 1990s | 2,556 | #468 (1999) | #1,168 |
| 2000s | 21,408 | #75 (2009) | #203 |
| 2010s | 64,974 | #20 (2012) | #28 |
| 2020s | 26,222 | #32 (2020) | #49 |
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.
Zoey in 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 12,717 of them was named Zoey, which outranked 92.3% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,194Felecia146
- #1,194Kelci146
- #1,194Yasmeen146
- #1,202Zoey145
- #1,202Brieanna145
- #1,202Denisse145
- #1,202Samara145
- #1,207Alia144
- #1,207Davina144
- #1,207Dolores144
Tied with 4 names at #1,202; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.