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

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Peak · girls
2012 · 7,482 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
18 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
115,332
since 1967

Zoey over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #20, 2012girls
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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#693,427#10,6956
2024#593,613—
2023#514,061#12,2395
2022#454,516—
2021#385,217—
2020#325,388—
2019#315,686#10,8036
2018#295,946#8,1549
2017#286,077#8,8408
2016#266,481—
2015#236,977#5,99914
2014#227,440#7,04811
2013#247,258#8,1189
2012#207,482#8,1589
2011#286,407#6,57812
2010#475,220#8,8038
2009#753,995#9,8647
2008#983,450#9,0198
2007#1123,044#7,09411
2006#1192,858#5,07217
2005#1522,275#5,87513
2004#2081,622#6,13812
2003#2211,469#9,5816
2002#2681,182#7,0559
2001#363822#10,5565
2000#410691#9,1126
1999#468563—
1998#528478#5,46611
1997#571407#7,2817
1996#654339—
1995#874219—
1994#1,247138#8,8005
1993#1,250138#5,7719
1992#1,202145—
1991#1,58496#6,5197
1990#3,29733—
1989#5,04917—
1988#4,84017—
1987#5,31214—
1986#6,15611—
1985#8,3187—
1984#5,53912—
1983#5,45712—
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First appearance
1967

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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedNHWashington: #575 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,576 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #544 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,162 girlsMNIllinois: #776 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,047 girlsILWisconsin: #510 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,713 girlsWIMichigan: #774 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,579 girlsMINew York: #1,050 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,960 girlsNYMassachusetts: #641 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,500 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedSDIowa: #325 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,026 girlsIAIndiana: #652 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,458 girlsINOhio: #1,001 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 10,579 girlsOHPennsylvania: #747 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,928 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,204 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 11,171 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedCONebraska: #309 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,667 girlsNEMissouri: #644 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,932 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedVAMaryland: #574 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,108 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedMSAlabama: #619 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,149 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey, so not publishedHITexas: #1,121 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 9,747 girlsTXFlorida: #721 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,606 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#309 · 1 in 1,667
  2. Iowa#325 · 1 in 2,026
  3. Wisconsin#510 · 1 in 3,713
  4. Minnesota#544 · 1 in 4,162
  5. Maryland#574 · 1 in 4,108

Best ever in a state: #6 in North Dakota, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#30951 in 1,667
Iowa#32571 in 2,026
Wisconsin#51071 in 3,713
Minnesota#54461 in 4,162
Maryland#57461 in 4,108
Washington#57581 in 3,576
Alabama#61951 in 4,149
Massachusetts#64161 in 5,500
Missouri#64461 in 4,932
Indiana#65261 in 5,458
Florida#721131 in 5,606
Pennsylvania#74791 in 6,928
Michigan#77481 in 6,579
Illinois#776121 in 6,047
Ohio#1,00161 in 10,579
New York#1,050121 in 8,960
Texas#1,121141 in 9,747
California#1,204211 in 11,171
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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 Zoey
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1967
  • Peaked 2012 at #20 (7,482 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 235
  • Highest: 1 in 235 girls born in 2012 were named Zoey (0.42%)
  • Latest: 1 in 469 girls born in 2025 (0.21%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 56.3% of all girls named Zoey (64,974) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#6,042 (1967)#6,042
1970s76#4,459 (1974)#6,487
1980s90#4,840 (1988)#5,810
1990s2,556#468 (1999)#1,168
2000s21,408#75 (2009)#203
2010s64,974#20 (2012)#28
2020s26,222#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 1995

girls
#874
219 births · 1 in 8,030 girls

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #874Zoey219
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 8,030 of them was named Zoey, which outranked 94.5% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zoey
  1. #870Gillian221
  2. #870Jazmyn221
  3. #873Kaci220
  4. #874Zoey219
  5. #874Jessi219
  6. #876Maricela218
  7. #877Chaya217
  8. #877Christin217

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →