How rare is the name Zoey?

81,220 people in the United States have the first name Zoey, about 1 in 3,719. It ranks #649 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZOEY

#649

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
81,220
About
1 in 3,719
This common or more
63.2%
Who bears it

Of the 81,220 people named Zoey, 63.4% reported their origin as White, 15.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zoey peaked in 2012, when 7,491 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19672025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
7,491
In 2025*
3,433 ▼54%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 115,562 babies have been given the name since 1967. 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.

Zoey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #88. The largest share of babies named Zoey, 62.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#9,66676
1980s#10,71090
1990s#1,4392,595
2000s#34321,502
2010s#8865,060
2020s#12726,233
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–961.1%
Generation Z 1997–1236.4%
2013 and later62.4%

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 Zoey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zoey has been most common in Nevada (2.9×), Alaska (2×), and Utah (1.9×), and least common in New York (0.56×).

114,531 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 Zoey

#647 Cristina · 81,417#648 Bridget · 81,356#650 Neil · 81,118#651 Toni · 81,026

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zoey, most common first.

#447 Zoe · 125,886#8,610 Zoee · 1,679#12,594 Zooey · 984#16,970 Zoei · 657

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