girls:
108.2k births since 1967
#348 (94th percentile)
boys:
224 births since 1991
#4362 (5th percentile)
overall:
108.4k births since 1967
#641 (92nd percentile)
The name Zoey is the #641 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 108,427 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 91.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #348 (93.9% percentile) for all time with 108,203 births since 1967. For boys, it ranks #4,362 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 224 births since 1991.
Zoey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 1991 for boys). Birth data for Zoey is available in 51 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023 (51 years for girls and 25 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zoey has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Zoey reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 98.0% percentile (ranked #20) with 3,855 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 3,855 births per million (ranked 98.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zoey ranks #49 for girls (94.9% percentile) with 2,310 births per million, which is 59.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zoey reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #863) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zoey ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 35.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zoey".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Zoey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Zoey is pronounced as ZOH-ee, which has 2 syllables.
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