How Many People Are Named Zoey?
people named Zoey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,978 people in the US has this name
Based on 115,562 babies named Zoey in Social Security records from 1967 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
7,491 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ZOE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Zoey in English. Counting Zoey 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 Zoey (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zoey alive today is about 11 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zoey first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 2012, to 7,491 babies. In 2025, 3,433 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zoey never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #20, in 2012, and it was in the top 100 for 18 years, 2008 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #69.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #69 |
| Best rank | #20 (2012) |
| Years in the top 100 | 18 (2008 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #25 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zoey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zoey were born in California than in any other state: about 12,938 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zoey was given 2.2 times as often in Wyoming, 2.1 times in Montana and 2 times in West Virginia.
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