girls:
1.1k births since 2003
#4623 (19th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 2003
#6646 (14th percentile)
The name Zooey is the #6,646 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,093 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 14.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,623 (19.1% percentile) for all time with 1,093 births since 2003.
Zooey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (first recorded for girls in 2003). Birth data for Zooey is available in 20 out of the 21 years between 2003 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Zooey reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 20.2% percentile (ranked #748) with 100 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 100 births per million (ranked 20.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zooey ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 7.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zooey".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zooey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.4% confident that Zooey is pronounced as ZUE-ee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZOH-ee, at 36.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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