Zo
Mostly girls · ZOH · Greek
Zo is a name of Greek origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Zo mean?
Greek: probably a short form of Zoe
“life”
Probably a short form of Zoe, the Greek word for life.
- Say it
- ZOH
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zo a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Zo has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Zo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Zo, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957. 7 boys were also named Zo in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zo than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Zo in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 82% of the babies named Zo in the US in 2017, and 50% in 2023.
Zo in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
Names like Zo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Rumi Miyori Zhuri Namiko Kyomi Ainhoa Yuna Koi Yumi Xuri Yuri
Names related to Zo
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Iris