Zoey

Where Zoey comes from

The dictionaries list Zoey as a given name — a female given name from Ancient Greek, a phonetic spelling of Zoë — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #6,042 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Zoey Clark born
    British sprinter
  3. 1994
    Zoey Deutch born
    American actress
  4. 2012
    Peak, #20
    7,482 babies named Zoey — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #59.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, a phonetic spelling of Zoë.
Namesakes
  • Zoey Deutch · American actress, born 1994
  • Zoey Clark · British sprinter, born 1994
  • Zoey Holloway · American pornographic actress, born 1966
  • Zoey Tur · American broadcast reporter and scientist, born 1960
  • Zoey Dean · American writer, born 1950

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.