first name
ZOE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 125,886 people named Zoe, 59% reported their origin as White, 19.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Zoe peaked in 2012, when 6,483 babies got the name.
At least 163,853 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Zoe by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #101. The largest share of babies named Zoe, 46.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Zoe is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zoe has been most common in Nevada (2.5×), Arizona (1.7×), and Colorado (1.7×), and least common in West Virginia (0.36×).
158,246 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Zoe
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zoe, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Zoe ranks #103,399 of 156,621, with 185 people. See Zoe as a last name
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