# Zoe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zoe/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈzoʊ.i/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Zo |
| Variant spellings | Zoey, Zooey, Zoeigh |
| US babies named this | 163,853 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 597 / 163,256 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24,263, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 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 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 6,254 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,481 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,921 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,701 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,744 |
| 2016 | 15 | 6,051 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,543 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,342 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,771 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,697 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,934 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4,569 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,287 |
| 2024 | 25 | 4,320 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,802 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 649 | 92 |
| 2012 | 620 | 91 |
| 2013 | 573 | 97 |
| 2014 | 580 | 99 |
| 2015 | 606 | 89 |
| 2016 | 584 | 92 |
| 2017 | 520 | 105 |
| 2018 | 546 | 96 |
| 2019 | 551 | 96 |
| 2020 | 473 | 107 |
| 2021 | 433 | 116 |
| 2022 | 472 | 106 |
| 2023 | 479 | 102 |
| 2024 | 471 | 99 |
| 2025 | 445 | 104 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Zoe

- Zoe Saldaña, American actress, dancer, and model (born 1978)
- Zoë Kravitz, American actress, director, singer and model (born 1988)
- Zoe Porphyrogenita, Byzantine Empress
- Zoe Kazan, American actress
- Zoe, Austrian actress and singer
- Zoë Wanamaker, American-born British actress
- Zoe Karbonopsina, Byzantine Emperor's wife
- Zoe Sugg, British vlogger
- Zoe Perry, American actress
- Zoe Zaoutzaina, Byzantine empress
- Zoé Valdés, Cuban writer
- Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (1933–2020)

## 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.