Meaning not yet researched.
Zoe: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5,646 in 2025. Its best rank was #29 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #29 in 2024; #31 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Zoe in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#31 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #29.
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Zoe: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5,646 girls in 2025. Peak: #29 in 2024 · most girls in one year: 6,466 (2012).
In 2025, 5,646 US girls were named Zoe, making it the 31st most common girls’ name of the year, down 2 places from #29 in 2024. That is 87 fewer than the 5,733 girls named Zoe in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #29, reached in 2024. The most girls given the name in a single year was 6,466, in 2012. For comparison, it was #33 in 2015 and #1,134 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Zoe in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 23 babies with the name. In all, 163,853 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 58,249 babies named Zoe.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 52,261 US girls were named Zoe; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,764. In 2025 that was about 1 in 285 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Zoe ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #5 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 44 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Zoey (115,562 babies since 1880), Zoie (11,182 babies since 1880), Zoya (4,885 babies since 1880) and Sue (145,055 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Zoila, Zoi and Zowie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English and Italian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Zoila (1,904), Zoi (893), Zowie (812), Zoa (616), Zo (411), Zoella (311), Soo (211), Zoii (161), Zoiee (155), Zoua (142), Sou (113), Zoeh (94), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Zoe in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 31 | #5 | #14 |
| New York | 478 | #10 | #22 |
| Maryland | 158 | #10 | #26 |
| Massachusetts | 181 | #12 | #48 |
| New Jersey | 241 | #14 | #23 |
| Rhode Island | 26 | #17 | #40 |
| Connecticut | 81 | #17 | #29 |
| Nevada | 56 | #18 | #23 |
| Texas | 685 | #22 | #18 |
| California | 770 | #23 | #20 |
| Colorado | 125 | #23 | #26 |
| Georgia | 190 | #24 | #28 |
| Virginia | 160 | #27 | #29 |
| Florida | 362 | #28 | #43 |
| Illinois | 205 | #28 | #32 |
| Vermont | 12 | #29 | #43 |
| North Carolina | 200 | #30 | #36 |
| Louisiana | 73 | #33 | #39 |
| Delaware | 15 | #34 | #45 |
| Washington | 119 | #38 | #35 |
| Pennsylvania | 175 | #43 | #59 |
| Tennessee | 113 | #45 | #51 |
| Kentucky | 66 | #49 | #72 |
| South Carolina | 64 | #53 | #68 |
| Arizona | 89 | #53 | #28 |
| Indiana | 91 | #55 | #76 |
| Alabama | 61 | #55 | #56 |
| Arkansas | 41 | #57 | #57 |
| Oregon | 46 | #60 | #49 |
| Wisconsin | 68 | #60 | #71 |
| Oklahoma | 48 | #63 | #42 |
| New Mexico | 19 | #63 | #44 |
| Idaho | 27 | #68 | #78 |
| Utah | 55 | #70 | #59 |
| Minnesota | 67 | #73 | #62 |
| New Hampshire | 16 | #75 | #88 |
| Nebraska | 25 | #77 | #78 |
| Michigan | 89 | #78 | #79 |
| Kansas | 36 | #79 | #50 |
| Ohio | 113 | #81 | #78 |
| Alaska | 8 | #89 | #116 |
| Hawaii | 9 | #91 | #23 |
| South Dakota | 11 | #96 | #220 |
| Missouri | 59 | #99 | #57 |
| Iowa | 28 | #116 | #133 |
| Mississippi | 20 | #123 | #104 |
| Montana | 8 | #143 | #117 |
| Maine | 8 | #152 | #69 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #180 | #155 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,646 | #31 | 13 | #6,802 |
| 2024 | 5,733 | #29 | 25 | #4,320 |
| 2023 | 5,190 | #36 | 12 | #7,287 |
| 2022 | 5,022 | #38 | 23 | #4,569 |
| 2021 | 4,739 | #42 | 20 | #4,934 |
| 2020 | 4,799 | #40 | 16 | #5,697 |
| 2019 | 5,071 | #38 | 13 | #6,771 |
| 2018 | 5,124 | #40 | 14 | #6,342 |
| 2017 | 5,173 | #41 | 11 | #7,543 |
| 2016 | 5,764 | #35 | 15 | #6,051 |
| 2015 | 6,051 | #33 | 16 | #5,744 |
| 2014 | 5,884 | #32 | 21 | #4,701 |
| 2013 | 5,978 | #31 | 15 | #5,921 |
| 2012 | 6,466 | #30 | 17 | #5,481 |
| 2011 | 6,309 | #31 | 14 | #6,254 |
| 2010 | 6,274 | #31 | 19 | #5,045 |
| 2009 | 5,152 | #47 | 12 | #7,233 |
| 2008 | 4,781 | #58 | 15 | #6,068 |
| 2007 | 4,937 | #56 | 11 | #7,585 |
| 2006 | 5,153 | #54 | 15 | #5,780 |
| 2005 | 4,965 | #58 | 17 | #5,033 |
| 2004 | 5,363 | #54 | 26 | #3,635 |
| 2003 | 5,087 | #57 | 15 | #5,270 |
| 2002 | 4,887 | #60 | 16 | #4,917 |
| 2001 | 4,645 | #65 | 16 | #4,889 |
| 2000 | 3,785 | #82 | 10 | #6,836 |
| 1999 | 3,237 | #104 | 14 | #5,032 |
| 1998 | 2,692 | #122 | 10 | #6,311 |
| 1997 | 2,362 | #135 | 14 | #4,667 |
| 1996 | 2,065 | #155 | 7 | #7,969 |
| 1995 | 1,726 | #176 | 20 | #3,431 |
| 1994 | 1,335 | #215 | 8 | #6,966 |
| 1993 | 1,192 | #236 | 16 | #4,019 |
| 1992 | 982 | #281 | 16 | #3,919 |
| 1991 | 722 | #356 | 14 | #4,230 |
| 1990 | 478 | #503 | 9 | #5,820 |
| 1989 | 377 | #581 | 10 | #5,163 |
| 1988 | 243 | #774 | 5 | #8,493 |
| 1987 | 246 | #737 | — | — |
| 1986 | 214 | #790 | 5 | #7,827 |
| 1985 | 196 | #832 | — | — |
| 1984 | 203 | #791 | — | — |
| 1983 | 175 | #872 | — | — |
| 1982 | 130 | #1,092 | 9 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 112 | #1,188 | — | — |
| 1980 | 103 | #1,267 | 5 | #7,293 |
| 1979 | 108 | #1,209 | — | — |
| 1978 | 94 | #1,298 | — | — |
| 1977 | 122 | #1,074 | 5 | #6,858 |
| 1976 | 95 | #1,205 | — | — |
| 1975 | 125 | #989 | — | — |
| 1974 | 106 | #1,106 | — | — |
| 1973 | 121 | #989 | 6 | #5,100 |
| 1972 | 95 | #1,154 | — | — |
| 1971 | 122 | #1,020 | — | — |
| 1970 | 132 | #965 | 7 | #4,229 |
| 1969 | 92 | #1,168 | — | — |
| 1968 | 86 | #1,170 | — | — |
| 1967 | 80 | #1,195 | — | — |
| 1966 | 118 | #939 | — | — |
| 1965 | 76 | #1,239 | — | — |
| 1964 | 80 | #1,239 | — | — |
| 1963 | 82 | #1,217 | — | — |
| 1962 | 97 | #1,109 | — | — |
| 1961 | 123 | #977 | — | — |
| 1960 | 118 | #992 | — | — |
| 1959 | 126 | #935 | — | — |
| 1958 | 151 | #828 | — | — |
| 1957 | 143 | #850 | — | — |
| 1956 | 93 | #1,065 | — | — |
| 1955 | 118 | #905 | — | — |
| 1954 | 119 | #883 | — | — |
| 1953 | 96 | #980 | — | — |
| 1952 | 100 | #929 | — | — |
| 1951 | 96 | #951 | — | — |
| 1950 | 67 | #1,134 | — | — |
| 1949 | 81 | #1,004 | — | — |
| 1948 | 68 | #1,084 | — | — |
| 1947 | 54 | #1,237 | — | — |
| 1946 | 66 | #1,049 | — | — |
| 1945 | 45 | #1,186 | — | — |
| 1944 | 48 | #1,139 | — | — |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,304 | — | — |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,090 | — | — |
| 1941 | 60 | #957 | — | — |
| 1940 | 54 | #978 | — | — |
| 1939 | 55 | #958 | — | — |
| 1938 | 65 | #874 | — | — |
| 1937 | 72 | #814 | — | — |
| 1936 | 79 | #763 | — | — |
| 1935 | 89 | #714 | — | — |
| 1934 | 79 | #754 | — | — |
| 1933 | 79 | #744 | — | — |
| 1932 | 86 | #730 | — | — |
| 1931 | 77 | #767 | — | — |
| 1930 | 54 | #1,013 | — | — |
| 1929 | 73 | #834 | — | — |
| 1928 | 64 | #934 | — | — |
| 1927 | 57 | #1,022 | — | — |
| 1926 | 58 | #989 | — | — |
| 1925 | 73 | #873 | — | — |
| 1924 | 74 | #879 | — | — |
| 1923 | 61 | #952 | — | — |
| 1922 | 64 | #931 | — | — |
| 1921 | 90 | #774 | — | — |
| 1920 | 80 | #816 | — | — |
| 1919 | 53 | #999 | — | — |
| 1918 | 68 | #875 | — | — |
| 1917 | 57 | #922 | — | — |
| 1916 | 65 | #847 | — | — |
| 1915 | 57 | #873 | — | — |
| 1914 | 37 | #987 | — | — |
| 1913 | 28 | #1,039 | — | — |
| 1912 | 37 | #832 | — | — |
| 1911 | 30 | #800 | — | — |
| 1910 | 34 | #736 | — | — |
| 1909 | 22 | #889 | — | — |
| 1908 | 23 | #828 | — | — |
| 1907 | 19 | #897 | — | — |
| 1906 | 19 | #871 | — | — |
| 1905 | 24 | #759 | — | — |
| 1904 | 27 | #681 | — | — |
| 1903 | 19 | #812 | — | — |
| 1902 | 34 | #570 | — | — |
| 1901 | 26 | #629 | — | — |
| 1900 | 26 | #724 | — | — |
| 1899 | 27 | #605 | — | — |
| 1898 | 30 | #596 | — | — |
| 1897 | 35 | #496 | — | — |
| 1896 | 36 | #498 | — | — |
| 1895 | 34 | #512 | — | — |
| 1894 | 28 | #556 | — | — |
| 1893 | 23 | #613 | — | — |
| 1892 | 34 | #470 | — | — |
| 1891 | 34 | #439 | — | — |
| 1890 | 42 | #396 | — | — |
| 1889 | 29 | #466 | — | — |
| 1888 | 42 | #372 | — | — |
| 1887 | 34 | #371 | — | — |
| 1886 | 25 | #438 | — | — |
| 1885 | 27 | #404 | — | — |
| 1884 | 31 | #365 | — | — |
| 1883 | 23 | #396 | — | — |
| 1882 | 25 | #359 | — | — |
| 1881 | 22 | #359 | — | — |
| 1880 | 23 | #341 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).