# Zoey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zoey/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 115,562 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 230 / 115,332 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,359, 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 | 6,407 | 28 |
| 2012 | 7,482 | 20 |
| 2013 | 7,258 | 24 |
| 2014 | 7,440 | 22 |
| 2015 | 6,977 | 23 |
| 2016 | 6,481 | 26 |
| 2017 | 6,077 | 28 |
| 2018 | 5,946 | 29 |
| 2019 | 5,686 | 31 |
| 2020 | 5,388 | 32 |
| 2021 | 5,217 | 38 |
| 2022 | 4,516 | 45 |
| 2023 | 4,061 | 51 |
| 2024 | 3,613 | 59 |
| 2025 | 3,427 | 69 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 17 | 5,302 |
| 2007 | 11 | 7,586 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,866 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,984 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,686 |
| 2011 | 12 | 7,006 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,859 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,781 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,558 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,323 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,690 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,814 |
| 2019 | 6 | 12,140 |
| 2023 | 5 | 14,200 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,998 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 817 |
| 2012 | 34 | 1,037 |
| 2013 | 70 | 584 |
| 2014 | 74 | 570 |
| 2015 | 71 | 595 |
| 2016 | 69 | 615 |
| 2017 | 64 | 648 |
| 2018 | 71 | 583 |
| 2019 | 74 | 545 |
| 2020 | 80 | 505 |
| 2021 | 90 | 474 |
| 2022 | 82 | 494 |
| 2023 | 81 | 490 |
| 2024 | 91 | 454 |
| 2025 | 97 | 419 |

## People named Zoey

- Zoey Deutch, American actress
- Zoey Clark, British sprinter
- Zoey Holloway, American pornographic actress
- Zooey Zephyr, American politician and university administrator

## 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.