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Name meaning & stats

Zoey

Zoey means “life” (Ancient Greek origin). 115,562 US babies since 1940, peak 2012.

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What it means

“life”

Ancient GreekWell documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 2012

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

115,562 US babies were named Zoey between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Zoey (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 89% of the family

  • Zoey 89%
  • Zoie 9%
  • Zooey 1%
  • Zoei 1%
  • Zoi 1%
  • Zoii <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2012)