Zoe
A unisex name of Greek origin, meaning life.
How Zoe has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #33 |
| 2016 | #35 |
| 2017 | #41 |
| 2018 | #39 |
| 2019 | #38 |
| 2020 | #40 |
| 2021 | #42 |
| 2022 | #38 |
| 2023 | #37 |
| 2024 | #29 |
| 2025 | #31 |
Zoe by the numbers
In 2025, 445 babies in England and Wales were named Zoe. In the US, 5,140 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 6,455 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 410 American babies born that year was called Zoe.
Names that come from Zoe
Forms of Zoe in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Zoielife; an invented spelling of Zoe321 in the US (2017)
- Zolife; a shortened form of Zoe49 in the US (2017)
- Zoellelife; a feminine form of Zoe with -elle suffix49 in the US (2017)
- Zoellalife; a feminine form of Zoe13 in the US (2017)
- Zojalife; a form of Zoe6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zoyahlife; a form of Zoe6 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zoe. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Zoe
Names that are said the same way as Zoe, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zoeylife6,034 in the US (2017)
- Zoeelife; a spelling variant of Zoey65 in the US (2017)
- Zoeilife; a spelling variant of Zoe52 in the US (2017)
- Zohalife; a respelling of Zoe or Zoya49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Xoelife; a modern spelling of Zoe18 in the US (2017)
- Zoieelife; a form of Zoe11 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean life
Like Zoe, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.