The first name Zoey
A girl’s name from Greek.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Greek origin
A female given name from Ancient Greek, a phonetic spelling of Zoë.
A form of Zoë.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 97 girls were named Zoey, making it the 419th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Zoey with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Zoey at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 3,427 girls born in the United States were named Zoey, the 69th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2012, when 7,482 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Zoey
4 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Zoey DeutchAmerican actress, born 1994
- Zoey ClarkBritish sprinter, born 1994
- Zoey HollowayAmerican pornographic actress, born 1966
- Zooey ZephyrAmerican politician and university administrator, born 1988
More Greek girls’ names
Questions
- What is the origin of the name Zoey?
- Zoey comes from Greek.
- How popular is the name Zoey?
- In 2025, 97 girls born in England and Wales were named Zoey, ranking 419th.
- Is Zoey a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 115,562 US babies named Zoey since 1880 were girls.
- When was Zoey most popular?
- 2012 in the United States, when 7,482 babies were named Zoey, its highest rank at 20th.
- What name is Zoey a form of?
- Zoey is a form of Zoë.