NameTides

Zoey

Zoey was the #69 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,427 babies), and #419 in England & Wales and #60 in Canada.

Zoey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Zoey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Zoey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#69 (3,427)#419 (97)#198 (20)#334 (4)#166 (28)#60 (394)—
2024#59 (3,613)#454 (91)#351 (9)#253 (6)#105 (46)#63 (361)—
2023#51 (4,061)#490 (81)#236 (16)#178 (10)#173 (27)#45 (439)—
2022#45 (4,516)#494 (82)#223 (18)#183 (10)#118 (44)#42 (485)—
2021#38 (5,217)#474 (90)#205 (20)#206 (9)#118 (45)#40 (563)#81 (87)
2020#32 (5,388)#505 (80)#209 (18)#246 (6)#107 (47)#36 (563)#91 (79)
2019#31 (5,686)#545 (74)#168 (26)#189 (10)#114 (48)#51 (485)—
2018#29 (5,946)#583 (71)#182 (24)#313 (5)#138 (40)#42 (549)—
2017#28 (6,077)#648 (64)#169 (28)#263 (6)#145 (39)#40 (581)—
2016#26 (6,481)#615 (69)#276 (15)#306 (5)#97 (58)#42 (546)—
2015#23 (6,977)#595 (71)#201 (22)#426 (3)#123 (51)#39 (589)—
2014#22 (7,440)#570 (74)#246 (18)#365 (4)#164 (35)#38 (597)—
2013#24 (7,258)#584 (70)#267 (15)#284 (6)#160 (38)#36 (574)—
2012#20 (7,482)#1,037 (34)#214 (21)#383 (4)#142 (40)#42 (503)—
2011#28 (6,407)#817 (45)#430 (8)#246 (7)#220 (24)#67 (395)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #20.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1967.

How common is it?

about 1 in 470 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 470common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 890common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 750common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 380common

Next year

On its recent trend, Zoey is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 530 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 500 to 1 in 560.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zoey by state, 2025Alaska: #50AKMaine: #153MEWisconsin: #67WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #57NHWashington: #75WAIdaho: #101IDMontana: #55MTNorth Dakota: #49NDMinnesota: #66MNIllinois: #61ILMichigan: #46MINew York: #73NYMassachusetts: #72MAOregon: #65ORNevada: #49NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #51SDIowa: #87IAIndiana: #73INOhio: #67OHPennsylvania: #66PANew Jersey: #63NJConnecticut: #79CTRhode Island: #78RICalifornia: #64CAUtah: #83UTColorado: #81CONebraska: #87NEMissouri: #100MOKentucky: #88KYWest Virginia: #73WVVirginia: #78VAMaryland: #60MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #89AZNew Mexico: #52NMKansas: #73KSArkansas: #131ARTennessee: #94TNNorth Carolina: #66NCSouth Carolina: #97SCDistrict of Columbia: #109DCOklahoma: #121OKLouisiana: #85LAMississippi: #80MSAlabama: #108ALGeorgia: #62GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #94TXFlorida: #73FL
Zoey (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
Ontario2024#54158
Quebec2025#9659

Zoey (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
ZoeyCanadaGirls#60394
ZoeyCanadaBoys—too few
ZoeyEngland & WalesGirls#41997
ZoeyIrelandGirls#16628
ZoeyNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
ZoeyNSWGirls—too few
ZoeyScotlandGirls#19820
ZoeyUSGirls#693,427
ZoeyUSBoys#10,6956