Zoie

Where Zoie comes from

The dictionaries list Zoie as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1905
    First appearance
    #1,931 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Zoie Kennedy born
    English television and theatre actress
  3. 1977
    Zoie Palmer born
    Canadian actress
  4. 2004
    Peak, #553
    515 babies named Zoie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2022
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,206.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Zoie Palmer · Canadian actress, born 1977
  • Zoie Kennedy · English television and theatre actress, born 1977

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.