Girl name#165 of girl names
Zoe
Pronounced Z OW1 IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2012
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Zoe?
Zoe is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 271,819 children — the 165th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2012, when 14,172 children were given it.
Zoey is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Zoe and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Zoey
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- Z OW1 IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Zoe
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Zoe
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Zoe?
- Zoe ranks 165th among girls' names in US records, with 271,819 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 107,048.
- Is Zoe a unisex name?
- No. Zoe is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Zoe most popular?
- 2012, when 14,172 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Zoe spelled?
- Zoey. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.