How Many People Are Named Zoe?
people named Zoe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,145 people in the US has this name
Based on 163,853 babies named Zoe in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,483 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of ZOE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Zoe in English. Counting Zoe and these spellings together, about 285,858 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Zoe (99.6%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zoe alive today is about 15 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zoe first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2012, to 6,483 babies. In 2025, 5,659 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zoe never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #29, in 2024, and it was in the top 100 for 26 years, 2000 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #31.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #31 |
| Best rank | #29 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | 26 (2000 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #31 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zoe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zoe were born in California than in any other state: about 22,262 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zoe was given 2.6 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.1 times in Vermont and 1.9 times in Hawaii.
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