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 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wyoming#61 · 1 in 182
- Arkansas#83 · 1 in 354
- West Virginia#84 · 1 in 312
- Iowa#108 · 1 in 438
- Montana#109 · 1 in 349
Best ever in a state: #6 in North Dakota, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #61 | 7 | 1 in 182 |
| Arkansas | #83 | 34 | 1 in 354 |
| West Virginia | #84 | 23 | 1 in 312 |
| Iowa | #108 | 31 | 1 in 438 |
| Montana | #109 | 8 | 1 in 349 |
| Oklahoma | #114 | 37 | 1 in 455 |
| Idaho | #128 | 15 | 1 in 431 |
| Oregon | #129 | 29 | 1 in 548 |
| Indiana | #130 | 56 | 1 in 581 |
| Missouri | #132 | 46 | 1 in 617 |
| Mississippi | #136 | 21 | 1 in 558 |
| Ohio | #136 | 90 | 1 in 639 |
| New Mexico | #137 | 17 | 1 in 480 |
| Alaska | #141 | 6 | 1 in 386 |
| Nevada | #146 | 20 | 1 in 541 |
| Nebraska | #154 | 14 | 1 in 599 |
| Louisiana | #155 | 30 | 1 in 693 |
| North Dakota | #155 | 5 | 1 in 500 |
| South Dakota | #158 | 6 | 1 in 507 |
| Michigan | #165 | 63 | 1 in 766 |
| Kansas | #167 | 21 | 1 in 645 |
| Utah | #175 | 26 | 1 in 702 |
| Tennessee | #177 | 36 | 1 in 846 |
| North Carolina | #185 | 50 | 1 in 889 |
| Pennsylvania | #189 | 62 | 1 in 894 |
| Maine | #191 | 6 | 1 in 738 |
| Alabama | #197 | 22 | 1 in 880 |
| Georgia | #199 | 54 | 1 in 936 |
| Connecticut | #200 | 16 | 1 in 897 |
| Wisconsin | #203 | 28 | 1 in 889 |
| South Carolina | #204 | 19 | 1 in 901 |
| Minnesota | #208 | 28 | 1 in 938 |
| Illinois | #215 | 69 | 1 in 993 |
| New Hampshire | #222 | 5 | 1 in 936 |
| Maryland | #223 | 24 | 1 in 1,021 |
| Washington | #235 | 29 | 1 in 992 |
| Texas | #240 | 138 | 1 in 1,154 |
| Virginia | #242 | 33 | 1 in 1,121 |
| Colorado | #243 | 25 | 1 in 988 |
| Hawaii | #251 | 5 | 1 in 733 |
| Florida | #253 | 64 | 1 in 1,281 |
| Massachusetts | #274 | 21 | 1 in 1,395 |
| California | #283 | 165 | 1 in 1,387 |
| Kentucky | #285 | 17 | 1 in 1,146 |
| Arizona | #299 | 27 | 1 in 1,275 |
| New York | #371 | 49 | 1 in 1,980 |
| New Jersey | #568 | 13 | 1 in 3,201 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 1,132 of them was named Zoey, which outranked 98.9% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 165,415 of them was named Zoey, which outranked 53.6% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,813Zaylen13
- #5,813Zein13
- #5,813Zyion13
- #6,138Zoey12
- #6,138Aashish12
- #6,138Abdalla12
- #6,138Abijah12
- #6,520Aadarsh11
- #6,520Aadyn11
- #6,520Aaliyah11
Tied with 381 names at #6,138; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.