Popularity of the name Chloe, 1880–2025
Chloe was at its most popular in 2010, when 11,765 girls were given the name: about 1 in 150 girls born in the U.S. that year, ranking #9. In 2025, 6,203 girls were named Chloe, ranking #23. In all, Social Security counts 254,389 girls named Chloe since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 352 boys named Chloe.
- Peak year
- 2010
- Rank in 2010
- #9
- Babies in 2010
- 11,765
- Rank in 2025
- #23
- Total since 1880
- 254,389
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name slipped from #17 in 2015 to #23 in 2025: 7,950 girls got it in 2015, and 6,203 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade was the 2010s, when 85,316 girls were named Chloe, #15 for the decade. It ranked #340 in the 1880s and #21 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 20 in 1880 (#367), 72 in 1900 (#390), 98 in 1920 (#729), 75 in 1940 (#820), 21 in 1960 (#2,649), 139 in 1980 (#1,030), 7,094 in 2000 (#38) and 6,153 in 2020 (#25).
Highs and lows
The most girls given the name in a single year was 11,922, in 2009. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more girls for 2009 than for 2010, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank in any year was #9, first reached in 2009.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 girls named Chloe, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 20 | #367 |
| 1881 | 14 | #447 |
| 1882 | 33 | #306 |
| 1883 | 19 | #435 |
| 1884 | 36 | #326 |
| 1885 | 34 | #341 |
| 1886 | 34 | #365 |
| 1887 | 41 | #332 |
| 1888 | 62 | #303 |
| 1889 | 64 | #301 |
| 1890 | 60 | #326 |
| 1891 | 48 | #359 |
| 1892 | 76 | #311 |
| 1893 | 76 | #311 |
| 1894 | 67 | #340 |
| 1895 | 73 | #334 |
| 1896 | 53 | #387 |
| 1897 | 50 | #414 |
| 1898 | 65 | #385 |
| 1899 | 54 | #390 |
| 1900 | 72 | #390 |
| 1901 | 37 | #499 |
| 1902 | 42 | #485 |
| 1903 | 56 | #425 |
| 1904 | 52 | #450 |
| 1905 | 42 | #528 |
| 1906 | 52 | #472 |
| 1907 | 43 | #554 |
| 1908 | 42 | #574 |
| 1909 | 40 | #614 |
| 1910 | 50 | #584 |
| 1911 | 69 | #496 |
| 1912 | 69 | #582 |
| 1913 | 70 | #618 |
| 1914 | 68 | #701 |
| 1915 | 119 | #599 |
| 1916 | 127 | #596 |
| 1917 | 104 | #665 |
| 1918 | 99 | #723 |
| 1919 | 75 | #812 |
| 1920 | 98 | #729 |
| 1921 | 92 | #761 |
| 1922 | 74 | #852 |
| 1923 | 72 | #864 |
| 1924 | 78 | #849 |
| 1925 | 62 | #944 |
| 1926 | 64 | #931 |
| 1927 | 67 | #911 |
| 1928 | 64 | #924 |
| 1929 | 75 | #814 |
| 1930 | 94 | #717 |
| 1931 | 60 | #887 |
| 1932 | 81 | #748 |
| 1933 | 73 | #769 |
| 1934 | 78 | #756 |
| 1935 | 71 | #805 |
| 1936 | 91 | #700 |
| 1937 | 83 | #746 |
| 1938 | 81 | #775 |
| 1939 | 66 | #862 |
| 1940 | 75 | #820 |
| 1941 | 78 | #815 |
| 1942 | 66 | #960 |
| 1943 | 68 | #952 |
| 1944 | 47 | #1,140 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,374 |
| 1946 | 57 | #1,121 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,302 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,499 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,697 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,524 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,528 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,978 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,503 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,909 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,156 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,249 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,651 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,862 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,794 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,649 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,060 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,463 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,704 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,675 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,264 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,266 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,542 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,398 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,527 |
| 1976 | 85 | #1,286 |
| 1977 | 93 | #1,275 |
| 1978 | 119 | #1,096 |
| 1979 | 100 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 139 | #1,030 |
| 1981 | 130 | #1,079 |
| 1982 | 183 | #850 |
| 1983 | 182 | #842 |
| 1984 | 309 | #587 |
| 1985 | 351 | #562 |
| 1986 | 466 | #461 |
| 1987 | 506 | #439 |
| 1988 | 475 | #479 |
| 1989 | 864 | #302 |
| 1990 | 1,371 | #212 |
| 1991 | 1,671 | #179 |
| 1992 | 1,893 | #161 |
| 1993 | 1,957 | #158 |
| 1994 | 2,079 | #155 |
| 1995 | 2,332 | #136 |
| 1996 | 2,782 | #112 |
| 1997 | 3,015 | #109 |
| 1998 | 3,794 | #87 |
| 1999 | 4,964 | #63 |
| 2000 | 7,094 | #38 |
| 2001 | 8,177 | #30 |
| 2002 | 8,902 | #25 |
| 2003 | 9,082 | #24 |
| 2004 | 8,729 | #23 |
| 2005 | 9,598 | #19 |
| 2006 | 10,404 | #18 |
| 2007 | 10,759 | #16 |
| 2008 | 11,836 | #10 |
| 2009 | 11,922 | #9 |
| 2010 | 11,765 | #9 |
| 2011 | 11,007 | #10 |
| 2012 | 9,672 | #11 |
| 2013 | 8,801 | #14 |
| 2014 | 8,562 | #18 |
| 2015 | 7,950 | #17 |
| 2016 | 7,484 | #20 |
| 2017 | 6,982 | #22 |
| 2018 | 6,679 | #25 |
| 2019 | 6,414 | #24 |
| 2020 | 6,153 | #25 |
| 2021 | 6,347 | #25 |
| 2022 | 6,482 | #19 |
| 2023 | 5,997 | #26 |
| 2024 | 6,406 | #20 |
| 2025 | 6,203 | #23 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.