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Zoey

Zoey holds the #69 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 3,427 newborn girls in a single year. The name has been cooling off, slipping from #32 in 2020 to #69 today. Its strongest year on record was 2012 (#20 nationally, 7,482 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1967. The name's biggest fan base is in Michigan (#46 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#69
among girl names
Trend
Falling
last 5 years
All-time peak
#20
in 2012 (2010s)
Babies in 2025
3,427
girls named Zoey

Zoey popularity, 1880–2025

0.11%0.23%0.34%0.46%18801900192019401960198020002020#20 in 2012
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: SSA, 1880–2025◆ peak 2012

Where Zoey is most popular

Alaska: #50 (10 girls, 0.60% of girls born 2025)AK#50Maine: #153 (7 girls, 0.22% of girls born 2025)ME#153Vermont: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey in 2025VT—New Hampshire: #57 (18 girls, 0.47% of girls born 2025)NH#57Washington: #75 (77 girls, 0.27% of girls born 2025)WA#75Idaho: #101 (20 girls, 0.28% of girls born 2025)ID#101Montana: #55 (14 girls, 0.50% of girls born 2025)MT#55North Dakota: #49 (15 girls, 0.56% of girls born 2025)ND#49Minnesota: #66 (68 girls, 0.32% of girls born 2025)MN#66Wisconsin: #67 (64 girls, 0.32% of girls born 2025)WI#67Michigan: #46 (124 girls, 0.35% of girls born 2025)MI#46New York: #73 (183 girls, 0.23% of girls born 2025)NY#73Massachusetts: #72 (73 girls, 0.30% of girls born 2025)MA#72Rhode Island: #78 (10 girls, 0.41% of girls born 2025)RI#78Oregon: #65 (43 girls, 0.33% of girls born 2025)OR#65Nevada: #49 (37 girls, 0.40% of girls born 2025)NV#49Wyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Zoey in 2025WY—South Dakota: #51 (15 girls, 0.49% of girls born 2025)SD#51Iowa: #87 (33 girls, 0.28% of girls born 2025)IA#87Illinois: #61 (129 girls, 0.29% of girls born 2025)IL#61Indiana: #73 (77 girls, 0.28% of girls born 2025)IN#73Ohio: #67 (129 girls, 0.27% of girls born 2025)OH#67Pennsylvania: #66 (137 girls, 0.29% of girls born 2025)PA#66New Jersey: #63 (107 girls, 0.30% of girls born 2025)NJ#63Connecticut: #79 (32 girls, 0.28% of girls born 2025)CT#79California: #64 (421 girls, 0.26% of girls born 2025)CA#64Utah: #83 (50 girls, 0.29% of girls born 2025)UT#83Colorado: #81 (60 girls, 0.26% of girls born 2025)CO#81Nebraska: #87 (23 girls, 0.32% of girls born 2025)NE#87Missouri: #100 (58 girls, 0.24% of girls born 2025)MO#100Kentucky: #88 (46 girls, 0.27% of girls born 2025)KY#88West Virginia: #73 (18 girls, 0.35% of girls born 2025)WV#73Virginia: #78 (83 girls, 0.25% of girls born 2025)VA#78Maryland: #60 (59 girls, 0.30% of girls born 2025)MD#60Delaware: #82 (9 girls, 0.40% of girls born 2025)DE#82Arizona: #89 (64 girls, 0.23% of girls born 2025)AZ#89New Mexico: #52 (20 girls, 0.43% of girls born 2025)NM#52Kansas: #73 (37 girls, 0.31% of girls born 2025)KS#73Arkansas: #131 (22 girls, 0.21% of girls born 2025)AR#131Tennessee: #94 (77 girls, 0.24% of girls born 2025)TN#94North Carolina: #66 (131 girls, 0.28% of girls born 2025)NC#66South Carolina: #97 (43 girls, 0.24% of girls born 2025)SC#97District of Columbia: #109 (7 girls, 0.35% of girls born 2025)DC#109Oklahoma: #121 (29 girls, 0.20% of girls born 2025)OK#121Louisiana: #85 (42 girls, 0.26% of girls born 2025)LA#85Mississippi: #80 (26 girls, 0.29% of girls born 2025)MS#80Alabama: #108 (40 girls, 0.22% of girls born 2025)AL#108Georgia: #62 (119 girls, 0.26% of girls born 2025)GA#62Hawaii: #136 (6 girls, 0.28% of girls born 2025)HI#136Texas: #94 (297 girls, 0.18% of girls born 2025)TX#94Florida: #73 (210 girls, 0.24% of girls born 2025)FL#73
Share of girls born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Alaska (#50), North Dakota (#49), Montana (#55)

Uniqueness score

19/ 100Ultra popular
everywhereone of a kind

You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper. Based on how many babies per birth were named Zoey in the most recent year of SSA data.

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