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Chloe

Gender
Girl
Say it
KLOH-ee
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#86 for girls
US rank, 2025
#23 for girls
Style
Classic

Chloe is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “green shoot”. In 2025 it ranked 86th for girls in the UK (601 babies) and 23rd for girls in the US (6,203 babies).

What does Chloe mean?

Greek: from Greek khloe

“green shoot”

Chloe was a title of the Greek goddess Demeter and appears in the New Testament as a member of the church at Corinth.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Chloe a girl's or a boy's name?

Chloe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 601 girls in the UK and 6,203 girls and 7 boys in the US.

How popular is Chloe in the UK?

Rank in 2025
86th among girls
Babies in 2025
601 about 1 in 460 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 47% in five years
Same name in a class
3% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 601 girls in the UK were named Chloe, making it the 86th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 44th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11,015 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 17 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Chloe since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Chloe in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 89th in England and Wales, 83rd in Scotland and 68th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#97), 1994 (#11), 2004 (#5), 2014 (#19) and 2024 (#72).

1996Busiest: 11,015 in 19982025
Chloe in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025601#86
2024755#67
2023798#62
2022943#55
20211,069#51
20201,140#44
20191,361#38
20181,584#34
20171,904#27
20162,273#19
20152,527#16
20142,560#17
20132,788#17
20123,205#16
20113,837#10
20104,427#6
20095,076#4
20085,215#7
20074,565#7
20064,647#7
20054,567#6
20045,174#5
20035,725#3
20026,540#1
20018,010#1
20008,580#1
199910,329#1
199811,015#1
19978,849#1
19967,487#1

How popular is Chloe in the US?

Rank in 2025
23rd among girls
Babies in 2025
6,203 about 1 in 260 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 3% in five years
Same name in a class
5.3% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6,203 girls in the US were named Chloe, making it the 23rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 25th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11,922 girls. 7 boys were also named Chloe in 2025 (9,710th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Chloe in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 11,922 in 20092025
Chloe in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256,203#23
20246,406#20
20235,997#26
20226,482#19
20216,347#25
20206,153#25
20196,414#24
20186,679#25
20176,982#22
20167,484#20
20157,950#17
20148,562#18
20138,801#14
20129,672#11
201111,007#10
201011,765#9
200911,922#9
200811,836#10
200710,759#16
200610,404#18
20059,598#19
20048,729#23
20039,082#24
20028,902#25
20018,177#30
20007,094#38
19994,964#63
19983,794#87
19973,015#109
19962,782#112
19952,332#136
19942,079#155
19931,957#158
19921,893#161
19911,671#179
19901,371#212
1989864#302
1988475#479
1987506#439
1986466#461
1985351#562
1984309#587
1983182#842
1982183#850
1981130#1,079
1980139#1,030
1979100#1,270
1978119#1,096
197793#1,275
197685#1,286
197566#1,527
197452#1,733
197346#1,832
197230#2,398
197129#2,542
197025#2,779
196927#2,515
196823#2,630
196719#2,868
196615#3,265
196515#3,263
196422#2,674
196321#2,703
196224#2,462
196117#3,059
196021#2,648
195938#1,793
195817#2,861
195719#2,650
195624#2,248
195525#2,155
195430#1,908
195342#1,502
195226#1,977
195138#1,527
195037#1,523
194931#1,696
194838#1,498
194749#1,301
194657#1,120
194534#1,373
194447#1,139
194368#952
194266#960
194178#815
194075#820
193966#862
193881#775
193783#746
193691#700
193571#805
193478#756
193373#769
193281#748
193160#887
193094#717
192975#814
192864#924
192767#911
192664#931
192562#944
192478#849
192372#864
192274#852
192192#761
192098#729
191975#812
191899#723
1917104#665
1916127#596
1915119#599
191468#701
191370#618
191269#582
191169#496
191050#584
190940#614
190842#574
190743#554
190652#472
190542#528
190452#450
190356#425
190242#485
190137#499
190072#390
189954#390
189865#385
189750#414
189653#387
189573#334
189467#340
189376#311
189276#311
189148#359
189060#326
188964#301
188862#303
188741#332
188634#365
188534#341
188436#326
188319#435
188233#306
188114#447
188020#367

Names like Chloe

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Zoe, Ellie, Sophie, Hannah, Jasmine, Molly, Emma, Emily, Charlotte, Leah, Phoebe, Maisie

Other spellings of Chloe

Cloe, Chole, Kloe, Khloee, Chloee, Khole, Kloey, Chloey, Khloey, Kloie, Chloie

Names related to Chloe

Khloe, Cloey, Cloie

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Margot, Luke, Iris, Lainey, Elena, Atlas

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Chloe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chloe, updated 20 October 2026.