Chole
Girl · KLOH-ee · Greek
Chole is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “green shoot”. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Chole mean?
Greek: variant spelling of Chloe
“green shoot”
Chloe was an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter, and a Christian woman named Chloe is mentioned by St Paul.
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Is Chole a girl's or a boy's name?
Chole is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chole in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Chole in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chole in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Chole in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Chole, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 97 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer girls named Chole than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Chole in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,468 girls in the US were given Chole or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #30, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
Chole in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,676 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 56 | #3,024 |
| 2014 | 77 | #2,371 |
| 2013 | 54 | #3,041 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,654 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,588 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,427 |
| 2009 | 97 | #2,090 |
| 2008 | 93 | #2,157 |
| 2007 | 75 | #2,485 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,701 |
| 2005 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 84 | #2,089 |
| 2002 | 75 | #2,196 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 76 | #2,118 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Chole
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chloe Zoe Jasmine Phoebe Ellie Sophie Celine Charlotte Maisie Aoife Demi Maeve
Other spellings of Chole
Chloe Cloe Kloe Khloee Chloee Khole Kloey Chloey Khloey Kloie Chloie
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