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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970girlsat 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.

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 1970

girls
#961
132 births · 1 in 13,244 girls
boys
#3,836
7 births · 1 in 265,461 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #961Zoe132

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #3,836Zoe7
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 13,244 of them was named Zoe, which outranked 89.7% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zoe
  1. #953Shay133
  2. #953Tamiko133
  3. #953Thomas133
  4. #961Zoe132
  5. #961Andra132
  6. #961Cristi132
  7. #961Glenna132
  8. #966Kami131
  9. #966Melodie131
  10. #966Rosario131

Tied with 4 names at #961; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 1,541Tanisha#2,515#974
  2. 1,194India#1,955#761
  3. 695Shay#1,648#953
  4. 685Terra#1,303#618
  5. 669Dyan#1,648#979
Fallers
  1. 385Cinnamon#698#1,083
  2. 306Kaye#932#1,238
  3. 303Luanne#990#1,293
  4. 273Laureen#845#1,118
  5. 273Lesia#965#1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 265,461 of them was named Zoe, which outranked 29.4% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zoe
  1. #3,521Zeb8
  2. #3,521Zenon8
  3. #3,521Zoran8
  4. #3,836Zoe7
  5. #3,836Acey7
  6. #3,836Adin7
  7. #3,836Adren7
  8. #4,230Abbott6
  9. #4,230Abdon6
  10. #4,230Ade6

Tied with 393 names at #3,836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 3,783Jermaine#4,404#621
  2. 1,000Dax#1,861#861
  3. 842Jeramy#1,810#968
  4. 639Branden#1,570#931
  5. 407Braden#1,396#989
Fallers
  1. 593Jemal#549#1,142
  2. 307Karen#885#1,192
  3. 307Merlin#885#1,192
  4. 302Dennie#920#1,222
  5. 276Luciano#931#1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970