Names like Zoe

In 2025, 5,646 girls born in the US were named Zoe, #31 among girls' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1880, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1983.

Its best rank was #29, in 2024.

The most births in one year were 6,466, in 2012.

Births fell 7% from 6,051 in 2015.

For 10 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1978 or later (Zoe's began in 1983).

Zoe's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #333
2. 1890
   #380
3. 1900
   #695
4. 1910
   #715
5. 1920
   #793
6. 1930
   #959
7. 1940
   #942
8. 1950
   —
9. 1960
   #969
10. 1970
    #936
11. 1980
    —
12. 1990
    #501
13. 2000
    #82
14. 2010
    #31
15. 2020
    #40
16. 2025
    #31

— outside the top 1,000

12 girl names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Zoe's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.