NameTides

Zoe

Zoe was the #31 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5,646 babies), and #104 in England & Wales and #26 in Canada.

Zoe as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Zoe as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandCanadaUSNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Zoe as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#31 (5,646)#104 (445)#52 (75)#132 (15)#46 (102)#26 (585)#19 (226)#17 (207)
2024#29 (5,733)#99 (471)#76 (54)#105 (19)#59 (89)#21 (642)#24 (196)#21 (202)
2023#36 (5,190)#102 (479)#75 (56)#91 (23)#47 (115)#14 (723)#14 (246)#20 (187)
2022#38 (5,022)#106 (472)#71 (58)#76 (28)#42 (129)#20 (682)#17 (267)#15 (221)
2021#42 (4,739)#116 (433)#51 (86)#61 (37)#42 (136)#14 (816)#16 (264)#9 (274)
2020#40 (4,799)#107 (473)#59 (73)#45 (45)#44 (125)#12 (842)#10 (301)#13 (251)
2019#38 (5,071)#96 (551)#58 (79)#62 (35)#41 (139)#12 (858)#12 (299)#8 (294)
2018#40 (5,124)#96 (546)#55 (84)#63 (36)#32 (170)#13 (867)#14 (297)#7 (287)
2017#41 (5,173)#105 (520)#48 (100)#77 (30)#31 (189)#17 (865)#10 (339)#6 (299)
2016#35 (5,764)#92 (584)#36 (118)#49 (48)#26 (219)#11 (978)#12 (341)#7 (304)
2015#33 (6,051)#89 (606)#39 (122)#81 (31)#30 (204)#13 (965)#8 (368)#7 (268)
2014#32 (5,884)#99 (580)#48 (106)#74 (33)#32 (173)#9 (1,047)#16 (319)#12 (263)
2013#31 (5,978)#97 (573)#51 (110)#63 (36)#30 (211)#10 (995)#15 (312)#13 (268)
2012#30 (6,466)#91 (620)#47 (119)#50 (49)#34 (196)#13 (1,025)#16 (339)#10 (336)
2011#31 (6,309)#92 (649)#41 (138)#45 (58)#37 (204)#13 (1,038)#16 (332)#15 (280)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #30.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 280 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 280common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 570common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 240common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 490common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 210common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 260common

Next year

On its recent trend, Zoe is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 260 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 250 to 1 in 280.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zoe by state, 2025Alaska: #70AKMaine: #131MEWisconsin: #56WIVermont: #21VTNew Hampshire: #66NHWashington: #38WAIdaho: #64IDMontana: #122MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #70MNIllinois: #27ILMichigan: #77MINew York: #10NYMassachusetts: #12MAOregon: #60ORNevada: #18NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #84SDIowa: #111IAIndiana: #54INOhio: #80OHPennsylvania: #43PANew Jersey: #14NJConnecticut: #15CTRhode Island: #15RICalifornia: #23CAUtah: #68UTColorado: #23CONebraska: #72NEMissouri: #95MOKentucky: #48KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #27VAMaryland: #10MDDelaware: #33DEArizona: #53AZNew Mexico: #59NMKansas: #77KSArkansas: #50ARTennessee: #45TNNorth Carolina: #30NCSouth Carolina: #50SCDistrict of Columbia: #4DCOklahoma: #62OKLouisiana: #29LAMississippi: #114MSAlabama: #54ALGeorgia: #24GAHawaii: #78HITexas: #22TXFlorida: #28FL
Zoe (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#17227
Ontario2024#46174

Zoe (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZoeCanadaGirls#26585
ZoeCanadaBoys—too few
ZoeEngland & WalesGirls#104445
ZoeEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
ZoeIrelandGirls#46102
ZoëIrelandGirls#4139
ZoéIrelandGirls—too few
ZoeNorthern IrelandGirls#13215
ZoeNSWGirls#19226
ZoeScotlandGirls#5275
ZoeUSGirls#315,646
ZoeUSBoys#6,44613
ZoeVICGirls#17207