girls:
151.8k births since 1880
#259 (95th percentile)
boys:
558 births since 1970
#4028 (12th percentile)
overall:
152.4k births since 1880
#494 (94th percentile)
The name Zoe is the #494 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 152,368 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 93.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 93.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #259 (95.5% percentile) for all time with 151,810 births since 1880. For boys, it ranks #4,028 (12.1% percentile) for all time with 558 births since 1970.
Zoe has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for girls and since 1970 for boys).
The name Zoe has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Zoe reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 96.9% percentile (ranked #30) with 3,334 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 3,334 births per million (ranked 96.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zoe ranks #35 for girls (96.4% percentile) with 2,950 births per million, which is 88.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zoe reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #826) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zoe ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 48.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zoe".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Zoe. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Zoe is pronounced as ZOH-ee, which has 2 syllables.
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