# Chloe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chloe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “young green shoot” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkloʊ.i/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Chlo |
| Variant spellings | Chloeigh, Chloey, Chloé, Chloë, Chlöe, Cloe, Khloe, Khloeigh, Khloé, Kloeigh, Kloey |
| US babies named this | 254,741 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 352 / 254,389 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 111,765, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “young green shoot”), an epithet of goddess Demeter.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 15 | 5,814 |
| 2009 | 14 | 6,154 |
| 2010 | 13 | 6,414 |
| 2011 | 12 | 6,660 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,765 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,713 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,976 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,586 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,425 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,008 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9,867 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,050 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,857 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,918 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,893 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,347 | 12 |
| 2012 | 2,776 | 16 |
| 2013 | 2,401 | 18 |
| 2014 | 2,215 | 19 |
| 2015 | 2,158 | 18 |
| 2016 | 1,980 | 23 |
| 2017 | 1,654 | 32 |
| 2018 | 1,375 | 36 |
| 2019 | 1,183 | 39 |
| 2020 | 980 | 46 |
| 2021 | 932 | 52 |
| 2022 | 816 | 58 |
| 2023 | 698 | 65 |
| 2024 | 646 | 72 |
| 2025 | 521 | 89 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: كلوي
- Chinese: 克洛伊
- Esperanto: Kloeo
- French: Chloé
- Greek: Χλόη
- Italian: Cloe
- Japanese: クロエ
- Korean: 클로에
- Polish: Chloe
- Portuguese: Cloé
- Russian: Хло́я
- Spanish: Cloé

## People named Chloe

- Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress (born 1997)
- Chloé Zhao, Chinese filmmaker (born 1982)
- Chloë Sevigny, American actress
- Chloe Bennet, American actress and singer
- Chloe Kim, American snowboarder
- Chloe Bridges, American actress
- Chloe Kelly, English association football player
- Chloé Dygert, American cyclist
- Chloé Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian freestyle skier
- Chloe Bailey, American singer and actress
- Chloe Webb, American actress
- Chloe Hosking, Australian racing cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.