Zoey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZOH-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #387 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #69 for girls
Zoey is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 387th for girls in the UK (121 babies) and 69th for girls in the US (3,427 babies).
What does Zoey mean?
Greek: spelling of Zoe
“life”
A phonetic spelling of Zoe, from the Greek word for life.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zoey a girl's or a boy's name?
Zoey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 121 girls in the UK and 3,427 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Zoey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 387th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 121 about 1 in 2,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 121 girls in the UK were named Zoey, making it the 387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 443rd.
2025 had the most girls named Zoey of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Zoey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 661 girls in the UK were given Zoey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #92, up from #387 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 419th in England and Wales, 198th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Zoey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | #387 |
| 2024 | 106 | #446 |
| 2023 | 107 | #432 |
| 2022 | 110 | #429 |
| 2021 | 119 | #415 |
| 2020 | 104 | #443 |
| 2019 | 110 | #427 |
| 2018 | 100 | #484 |
| 2017 | 98 | #495 |
| 2016 | 89 | #529 |
| 2015 | 96 | #497 |
| 2014 | 96 | #498 |
| 2013 | 91 | #512 |
| 2012 | 59 | #742 |
| 2011 | 60 | #714 |
| 2010 | 61 | #672 |
| 2009 | 46 | #824 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 38 | #689 |
How popular is Zoey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 69th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3,427 about 1 in 470 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.9% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3,427 girls in the US were named Zoey, making it the 69th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 32nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7,482 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967. 6 boys were also named Zoey in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zoey than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Zoey in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9,389 girls in the US were given Zoey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #11, up from #69 for this spelling alone.
Zoey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,427 | #69 |
| 2024 | 3,613 | #59 |
| 2023 | 4,061 | #51 |
| 2022 | 4,516 | #45 |
| 2021 | 5,217 | #38 |
| 2020 | 5,388 | #32 |
| 2019 | 5,686 | #31 |
| 2018 | 5,946 | #29 |
| 2017 | 6,077 | #28 |
| 2016 | 6,481 | #26 |
| 2015 | 6,977 | #23 |
| 2014 | 7,440 | #22 |
| 2013 | 7,258 | #24 |
| 2012 | 7,482 | #20 |
| 2011 | 6,407 | #28 |
| 2010 | 5,220 | #47 |
| 2009 | 3,995 | #75 |
| 2008 | 3,450 | #98 |
| 2007 | 3,044 | #112 |
| 2006 | 2,858 | #119 |
| 2005 | 2,275 | #152 |
| 2004 | 1,622 | #208 |
| 2003 | 1,469 | #221 |
| 2002 | 1,182 | #268 |
| 2001 | 822 | #363 |
| 2000 | 691 | #410 |
| 1999 | 563 | #468 |
| 1998 | 478 | #528 |
| 1997 | 407 | #571 |
| 1996 | 339 | #654 |
| 1995 | 219 | #871 |
| 1994 | 138 | #1,244 |
| 1993 | 138 | #1,248 |
| 1992 | 145 | #1,200 |
| 1991 | 96 | #1,578 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
Nicknames for Zoey
- Zo 6 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Zoey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra, Zara, Harper, Willow, Myla, Lainey, Maisie, Thea, Ivy, Mila, Miley, Riley
Other spellings of Zoey
Names related to Zoey
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Iris
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, “Zoey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zoey, updated 20 October 2026.