Popularity of the name Zoe, 1880–2025
Zoe was at its most popular in 2012, when 6,466 girls were given the name: about 1 in 270 girls born in the U.S. that year, ranking #30. In 2025, 5,646 girls were named Zoe, ranking #31. In all, Social Security counts 163,256 girls named Zoe since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 597 boys named Zoe.
- Peak year
- 2012
- Rank in 2012
- #30
- Babies in 2012
- 6,466
- Rank in 2025
- #31
- Total since 1880
- 163,256
Where it stands now
Over the last ten years it has climbed from #33 in 2015 to #31 in 2025, with 6,051 girls named Zoe in 2015 and 5,646 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Zoe ranked highest in the 2010s, at #31, with 58,094 girls given the name that decade. It ranked #388 in the 1880s and #38 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 23 in 1880 (#333), 26 in 1900 (#705), 80 in 1920 (#814), 54 in 1940 (#971), 118 in 1960 (#987), 103 in 1980 (#1,260), 3,785 in 2000 (#82) and 4,799 in 2020 (#40).
Highs and lows
The most girls given the name in a single year was 6,466, in 2012. Its best rank in any year was #29, first reached in 2024.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 girls named Zoe, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 23 | #333 |
| 1881 | 22 | #346 |
| 1882 | 25 | #352 |
| 1883 | 23 | #386 |
| 1884 | 31 | #358 |
| 1885 | 27 | #394 |
| 1886 | 25 | #432 |
| 1887 | 34 | #367 |
| 1888 | 42 | #369 |
| 1889 | 29 | #454 |
| 1890 | 42 | #384 |
| 1891 | 34 | #430 |
| 1892 | 34 | #465 |
| 1893 | 23 | #594 |
| 1894 | 28 | #546 |
| 1895 | 34 | #499 |
| 1896 | 36 | #487 |
| 1897 | 35 | #491 |
| 1898 | 30 | #586 |
| 1899 | 27 | #593 |
| 1900 | 26 | #705 |
| 1901 | 26 | #615 |
| 1902 | 34 | #559 |
| 1903 | 19 | #789 |
| 1904 | 27 | #668 |
| 1905 | 24 | #734 |
| 1906 | 19 | #845 |
| 1907 | 19 | #871 |
| 1908 | 23 | #809 |
| 1909 | 22 | #868 |
| 1910 | 34 | #723 |
| 1911 | 30 | #790 |
| 1912 | 37 | #820 |
| 1913 | 28 | #1,020 |
| 1914 | 37 | #972 |
| 1915 | 57 | #865 |
| 1916 | 65 | #840 |
| 1917 | 57 | #916 |
| 1918 | 68 | #869 |
| 1919 | 53 | #984 |
| 1920 | 80 | #814 |
| 1921 | 90 | #771 |
| 1922 | 64 | #917 |
| 1923 | 61 | #941 |
| 1924 | 74 | #868 |
| 1925 | 73 | #870 |
| 1926 | 58 | #980 |
| 1927 | 57 | #1,010 |
| 1928 | 64 | #924 |
| 1929 | 73 | #828 |
| 1930 | 54 | #1,002 |
| 1931 | 77 | #761 |
| 1932 | 86 | #724 |
| 1933 | 79 | #742 |
| 1934 | 79 | #751 |
| 1935 | 89 | #713 |
| 1936 | 79 | #757 |
| 1937 | 72 | #810 |
| 1938 | 65 | #870 |
| 1939 | 55 | #953 |
| 1940 | 54 | #971 |
| 1941 | 60 | #948 |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,076 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,291 |
| 1944 | 48 | #1,129 |
| 1945 | 45 | #1,175 |
| 1946 | 66 | #1,042 |
| 1947 | 54 | #1,228 |
| 1948 | 68 | #1,070 |
| 1949 | 81 | #1,000 |
| 1950 | 67 | #1,123 |
| 1951 | 96 | #945 |
| 1952 | 100 | #925 |
| 1953 | 96 | #974 |
| 1954 | 119 | #878 |
| 1955 | 118 | #902 |
| 1956 | 93 | #1,058 |
| 1957 | 143 | #848 |
| 1958 | 151 | #824 |
| 1959 | 126 | #933 |
| 1960 | 118 | #987 |
| 1961 | 123 | #972 |
| 1962 | 97 | #1,104 |
| 1963 | 82 | #1,211 |
| 1964 | 80 | #1,229 |
| 1965 | 76 | #1,238 |
| 1966 | 118 | #929 |
| 1967 | 80 | #1,187 |
| 1968 | 86 | #1,166 |
| 1969 | 92 | #1,162 |
| 1970 | 132 | #961 |
| 1971 | 122 | #1,015 |
| 1972 | 95 | #1,146 |
| 1973 | 121 | #980 |
| 1974 | 106 | #1,094 |
| 1975 | 125 | #984 |
| 1976 | 95 | #1,191 |
| 1977 | 122 | #1,067 |
| 1978 | 94 | #1,290 |
| 1979 | 108 | #1,204 |
| 1980 | 103 | #1,260 |
| 1981 | 112 | #1,181 |
| 1982 | 130 | #1,088 |
| 1983 | 175 | #869 |
| 1984 | 203 | #789 |
| 1985 | 196 | #829 |
| 1986 | 214 | #786 |
| 1987 | 246 | #733 |
| 1988 | 243 | #770 |
| 1989 | 377 | #580 |
| 1990 | 478 | #503 |
| 1991 | 722 | #356 |
| 1992 | 982 | #281 |
| 1993 | 1,192 | #236 |
| 1994 | 1,335 | #215 |
| 1995 | 1,726 | #176 |
| 1996 | 2,065 | #155 |
| 1997 | 2,362 | #134 |
| 1998 | 2,692 | #122 |
| 1999 | 3,237 | #104 |
| 2000 | 3,785 | #82 |
| 2001 | 4,645 | #65 |
| 2002 | 4,887 | #60 |
| 2003 | 5,087 | #57 |
| 2004 | 5,363 | #54 |
| 2005 | 4,965 | #58 |
| 2006 | 5,153 | #54 |
| 2007 | 4,937 | #56 |
| 2008 | 4,781 | #58 |
| 2009 | 5,152 | #47 |
| 2010 | 6,274 | #31 |
| 2011 | 6,309 | #31 |
| 2012 | 6,466 | #30 |
| 2013 | 5,978 | #31 |
| 2014 | 5,884 | #32 |
| 2015 | 6,051 | #33 |
| 2016 | 5,764 | #35 |
| 2017 | 5,173 | #41 |
| 2018 | 5,124 | #40 |
| 2019 | 5,071 | #38 |
| 2020 | 4,799 | #40 |
| 2021 | 4,739 | #42 |
| 2022 | 5,022 | #38 |
| 2023 | 5,190 | #36 |
| 2024 | 5,733 | #29 |
| 2025 | 5,646 | #31 |
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.