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

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Peak · girls
2024 · 5,733 births
Debut · girls
23 births
In top 100 · girls
26 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
163,256
since 1880

Zoe over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#315,646#6,44613
2024#295,733#4,20025
2023#365,190#6,89712
2022#385,022#4,44223
2021#424,739#4,78020
2020#404,799#5,45116
2019#385,071#6,40613
2018#405,124#6,03614
2017#415,173#7,09511
2016#355,764#5,78915
2015#336,051#5,50716
2014#325,884#4,53821
2013#315,978#5,65915
2012#306,466#5,25617
2011#316,309#5,94514
2010#316,274#4,84819
2009#475,152#6,80212
2008#584,781#5,76715
2007#564,937#7,09411
2006#545,153#5,52515
2005#584,965#4,82417
2004#545,363#3,53426
2003#575,087#5,03515
2002#604,887#4,70316
2001#654,645#4,67616
2000#823,785#6,31610
1999#1043,237#4,76214
1998#1222,692#5,84010
1997#1342,362#4,45114
1996#1552,065#7,1367
1995#1761,726#3,30320
1994#2151,335#6,3728
1993#2361,192#3,81916
1992#281982#3,74816
1991#356722#4,00514
1990#503478#5,3829
1989#580377#4,81110
1988#770243#7,2705
1987#733246
1986#786214#6,7215
1985#829196
1984#789203
1983#869175
1982#1,088130#4,2349
1981#1,181112
1980#1,260103#6,2505
1979#1,204108
1978#1,29094
1977#1,067122#5,8455
1976#1,19195
1975#984125
1974#1,094106
1973#980121#4,5056
1972#1,14695
1971#1,015122
1970#961132#3,8367
1969#1,16292
1968#1,16686
1967#1,18780
1966#929118
1965#1,23876
1964#1,22980
1963#1,21182
1962#1,10497
1961#972123
1960#987118
1959#933126
1958#824151
1957#848143
1956#1,05893
1955#902118
1954#878119
1953#97496
1952#925100
1951#94596
1950#1,12367
1949#1,00081
1948#1,07068
1947#1,22854
1946#1,04266
1945#1,17545
1944#1,12948
1943#1,29140
1942#1,07653
1941#94860
1940#97154
1939#95355
1938#87065
1937#81072
1936#75779
1935#71389
1934#75179
1933#74279
1932#72486
1931#76177
1930#1,00254
1929#82873
1928#92464
1927#1,01057
1926#98058
1925#87073
1924#86874
1923#94161
1922#91764
1921#77190
1920#81480
1919#98453
1918#86968
1917#91657
1916#84065
1915#86557
1914#97237
1913#1,02028
1912#82037
1911#79030
1910#72334
1909#86822
1908#80923
1907#87119
1906#84519
1905#73424
1904#66827
1903#78919
1902#55934
1901#61526
1900#70526
1899#59327
1898#58630
1897#49135
1896#48736
1895#49934
1894#54628
1893#59423
1892#46534
1891#43034
1890#38442
1889#45429
1888#36942
1887#36734
1886#43225
1885#39427
1884#35831
1883#38623
1882#35225
1881#34622
1880#33323
First appearance
1880

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 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedMNIllinois: #956 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 17,936 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedMINew York: #818 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 13,975 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedSDIowa: #411 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,691 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #623 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 10,153 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #876 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 12,332 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedVAMaryland: #440 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,025 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Zoe, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#411 · 1 in 4,691
  2. Maryland#440 · 1 in 5,025
  3. Pennsylvania#623 · 1 in 10,153
  4. New York#818 · 1 in 13,975
  5. California#876 · 1 in 12,332

Best ever in a state: #3 in District of Columbia, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#41161 in 4,691
Maryland#44061 in 5,025
Pennsylvania#623111 in 10,153
New York#818121 in 13,975
California#876141 in 12,332
Illinois#95661 in 17,936
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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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #29 (5,733 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
  • Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1983–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 272
  • 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
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 35.6% of all girls named Zoe (58,094) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s281#333 (1880)#379
1890s323#384 (1890)#508
1900s239#559 (1902)#746
1910s466#723 (1910)#880
1920s694#771 (1921)#892
1930s735#713 (1935)#808
1940s569#948 (1941)#1,093
1950s1,109#824 (1958)#941
1960s952#929 (1966)#1,119
1970s1,120#961 (1970)#1,093
1980s1,999#580 (1989)#889
1990s16,791#104 (1999)#228
2000s48,755#47 (2009)#59
2010s58,094#30 (2012)#34
2020s31,129#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 1960

girls
#987
118 births · 1 in 17,135 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #987Zoe118
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 17,135 of them was named Zoe, which outranked 86.5% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zoe
  1. #980Millicent119
  2. #980Sheena119
  3. #980Thomas119
  4. #987Zoe118
  5. #987Cary118
  6. #987Deeann118
  7. #987Keely118
  8. #993Bev117
  9. #993Carlotta117
  10. #993Caron117

Tied with 5 names at #987; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960