Poe
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- POH
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Poe is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “peacock”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Poe mean?
English: English surname, from Middle English po 'peacock'
“peacock”
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), master of the macabre tale, made the surname famous.
Is Poe a girl's or a boy's name?
Poe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Poe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Poe, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010. 6 girls were also named Poe in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Poe in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Poe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
Names like Poe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prince Truce King Porter Fletcher Charlie Ford Koe August West Hayes Coast
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Poe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/poe, updated 20 October 2026.