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How popular is “Zoe” in the USA?

Number of people named “Zoe” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Zoe” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Zoe” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Zoe” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Zoe” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Zoe” by birth year

This chart shows how “Zoe” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 23 0.000114153 23 100%
1881 22 0.000114174 22 100%
1882 25 0.00011285 25 100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 100%
1884 31 0.00012733 31 100%
1885 27 0.000112101 27 100%
1886 25 0.000097918 25 100%
1887 34 0.000137434 34 100%
1888 42 0.000140246 42 100%
1889 29 0.000100365 29 100%
1890 42 0.000139349 42 100%
1891 34 0.000118602 34 100%
1892 34 0.000101683 34 100%
1893 23 0.000070721 23 100%
1894 28 0.000082671 28 100%
1895 34 0.000096861 34 100%
1896 36 0.000100704 36 100%
1897 35 0.000100877 35 100%
1898 30 0.000078646 30 100%
1899 27 0.000079591 27 100%
1900 26 0.000057745 26 100%
1901 26 0.000075185 26 100%
1902 34 0.000087916 34 100%
1903 19 0.000049843 19 100%
1904 27 0.000066917 27 100%
1905 24 0.000056614 24 100%
1906 19 0.000044346 19 100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 100%
1908 23 0.000047069 23 100%
1909 22 0.000043034 22 100%
1910 34 0.000057558 34 100%
1911 30 0.000046564 30 100%
1912 37 0.000037447 37 100%
1913 28 0.000024624 28 100%
1914 37 0.000026124 37 100%
1915 57 0.000031106 57 100%
1916 65 0.000033602 65 100%
1917 57 0.000028404 57 100%
1918 68 0.00003132 68 100%
1919 53 0.000025116 53 100%
1920 80 0.000035357 80 100%
1921 90 0.000038552 90 100%
1922 64 0.000027958 64 100%
1923 61 0.000026493 61 100%
1924 74 0.000031071 74 100%
1925 73 0.000031286 73 100%
1926 58 0.000025262 58 100%
1927 57 0.000024576 57 100%
1928 64 0.000028307 64 100%
1929 73 0.0000333 73 100%
1930 54 0.000024288 54 100%
1931 77 0.00003659 77 100%
1932 86 0.000040733 86 100%
1933 79 0.000039511 79 100%
1934 79 0.000038039 79 100%
1935 89 0.000042586 89 100%
1936 79 0.000038025 79 100%
1937 72 0.000033792 72 100%
1938 65 0.000029378 65 100%
1939 55 0.000024961 55 100%
1940 54 0.000023451 54 100%
1941 60 0.000024626 60 100%
1942 53 0.000019401 53 100%
1943 40 0.000014172 40 100%
1944 48 0.000017843 48 100%
1945 45 0.000016963 45 100%
1946 66 0.000020655 66 100%
1947 54 0.00001499 54 100%
1948 68 0.000019696 68 100%
1949 81 0.000023244 81 100%
1950 67 0.000019125 67 100%
1951 96 0.00002606 96 100%
1952 100 0.00002633 100 100%
1953 96 0.000024911 96 100%
1954 119 0.000029894 119 100%
1955 119 0.000029638 119 100%
1956 92 0.000022314 92 100%
1957 143 0.00003403 143 100%
1958 151 0.000036527 151 100%
1959 126 0.000030303 126 100%
1960 118 0.000028408 118 100%
1961 123 0.000029694 123 100%
1962 97 0.000024037 97 100%
1963 82 0.000020716 82 100%
1964 80 0.000020578 80 100%
1965 77 0.000021239 77 100%
1966 118 0.00003395 118 100%
1967 80 0.000023565 80 100%
1968 86 0.000025456 86 100%
1969 92 0.000026472 92 100%
1970 139 0.000038541 132 7 90%
1971 122 0.000035544 122 100%
1972 96 0.000030544 96 100%
1973 127 0.000042096 121 6 91%
1974 106 0.000034868 106 100%
1975 125 0.000041399 125 100%
1976 95 0.000031309 95 100%
1977 128 0.000040296 123 5 92%
1978 94 0.000029617 94 100%
1979 108 0.000032462 108 100%
1980 108 0.000031354 103 5 91%
1981 112 0.000032376 112 100%
1982 139 0.000039624 130 9 87%
1983 174 0.000050241 174 100%
1984 203 0.000058187 203 100%
1985 196 0.000054916 196 100%
1986 219 0.000061567 214 5 95%
1987 246 0.000068227 246 100%
1988 248 0.000067117 243 5 96%
1989 387 0.000100665 377 10 95%
1990 487 0.000123214 478 9 96%
1991 736 0.000188947 722 14 96%
1992 998 0.00025981 982 16 97%
1993 1208 0.000320401 1192 16 97%
1994 1343 0.000361249 1335 8 99%
1995 1746 0.000476768 1726 20 98%
1996 2072 0.000568108 2065 7 99%
1997 2376 0.000655313 2362 14 99%
1998 2702 0.000734597 2692 10 99%
1999 3251 0.000880107 3237 14 99%
2000 3795 0.001003994 3785 10 99%
2001 4661 0.001245128 4645 16 99%
2002 4903 0.001311562 4887 16 99%
2003 5102 0.001341813 5087 15 99%
2004 5389 0.001410392 5363 26 99%
2005 4982 0.001295761 4965 17 99%
2006 5168 0.001306308 5153 15 99%
2007 4948 0.001237717 4937 11 100%
2008 4796 0.00122015 4781 15 99%
2009 5164 0.00135177 5152 12 100%
2010 6293 0.001702772 6274 19 99%
2011 6323 0.001728638 6309 14 100%
2012 6483 0.001772587 6466 17 99%
2013 5993 0.001643869 5978 15 99%
2014 5904 0.001592931 5883 21 99%
2015 6067 0.001639326 6051 16 99%
2016 5778 0.001574946 5763 15 99%
2017 5184 0.001449585 5173 11 100%
2018 5137 0.001461078 5123 14 99%
2019 5084 0.001464736 5071 13 99%
2020 4813 0.001440769 4797 16 99%
2021 4758 0.00140439 4738 20 99%
2022 5034 0.001487969 5011 23 99%
2023 5200 0.00157043 5188 12 100%
2024 5744 0.001725702 5719 25 99%

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