Zoe Girl
How popular is Zoe?
#31 girl name in 2025
5,646 baby girls were named Zoe in the US in 2025, making it the 31st most popular girl name. Another 13 boys got the name (#6,442 for boys).
Zoe popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #31 for girls (▼ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5,646 girls, 13 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #33 in 2015, #40 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (6,466 girls) |
| Highest rank | #29 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zoe counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zoe family of names ranked #12 for girls in 2025, with 9,300 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zoe is most popular
Babies named Zoe per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 13.7 per 1,000 (162 girls)
- Vermont: 8.5 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Rhode Island: 8.0 per 1,000 (100 girls)
- Maryland: 7.0 per 1,000 (746 girls)
- Massachusetts: 6.4 per 1,000 (768 girls)
Zoe by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 281 | #333 |
| 1890s | 323 | #384 |
| 1900s | 239 | #559 |
| 1910s | 466 | #723 |
| 1920s | 694 | #771 |
| 1930s | 735 | #713 |
| 1940s | 569 | #948 |
| 1950s | 1,109 | #823 |
| 1960s | 952 | #929 |
| 1970s | 1,120 | #961 |
| 1980s | 1,999 | #579 |
| 1990s | 16,791 | #104 |
| 2000s | 48,755 | #47 |
| 2010s | 58,094 | #30 |
| 2020s | 31,129 | #29 |
Girl names about as popular as Zoe
Questions
- Is Zoe a boy or girl name?
- Zoe is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zoe were girls.
- How popular is the name Zoe?
- 5,646 baby girls were named Zoe in the US in 2025, making it the 31st most popular girl name. Another 13 boys got the name (#6,442 for boys).
- When was Zoe most popular?
- Zoe peaked in 2012, when 6,466 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #29 in 2024.
- How many people are named Zoe?
- 163,853 babies have been named Zoe in the US since 1880. We estimate about 159,571 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Zoe most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zoe was most common in District of Columbia, at 13.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.