Zoey Girl
How popular is Zoey?
#69 girl name in 2025
3,427 baby girls were named Zoey in the US in 2025, making it the 69th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Zoey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #69 for girls (▼ 10 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,427 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #23 in 2015, #32 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (7,482 girls) |
| Highest rank | #20 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1967 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zoey 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 Zoey is most popular
Babies named Zoey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 8.9 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Wyoming: 5.9 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- North Dakota: 5.8 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Alaska: 5.7 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Rhode Island: 5.6 per 1,000 (70 girls)
Zoey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1970s | 76 | #4,458 |
| 1980s | 90 | #4,835 |
| 1990s | 2,556 | #468 |
| 2000s | 21,408 | #75 |
| 2010s | 64,974 | #20 |
| 2020s | 26,222 | #32 |
Girl names about as popular as Zoey
Questions
- Is Zoey a boy or girl name?
- Zoey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zoey were girls.
- How popular is the name Zoey?
- 3,427 baby girls were named Zoey in the US in 2025, making it the 69th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Zoey most popular?
- Zoey peaked in 2012, when 7,482 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #20 in 2012.
- How many people are named Zoey?
- 115,562 babies have been named Zoey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 114,869 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Zoey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zoey was most common in Vermont, at 8.9 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.