Girl's name
Chloe
Say it KLOH-ee
Greek origin young green shoot
2 syllables
Where Chloe is loved, common and rare
Loved in British Columbia and one more place. Common across Ontario, Spain, Quebec and 13 more places. Rare in four German cities, Sweden, Poland and two more places.
1 in 127 girls born in Ireland in 2025
British Columbia 8thOntario 13thQuebec 21st
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Every place
In 27 of the 40 official lists, among them British Columbia (8th), Ontario (13th) and Quebec (21st).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales state | 7th 2025 | 266 | rank only |
| British Columbia province | 8th 2023 | 114 | about 1 in 105 |
| Ontario province | 13th 2024 | 364 | about 1 in 150 |
| Spain | 21st 2024 | 1,198 | rank only |
| Quebec province | 21st 2025 | 201 | about 1 in 129 |
| Catalonia region | 22nd 2025 | 170 | 1 in 113 |
| Ireland | 22nd 2025 | 166 | 1 in 127 |
| New Zealand | 24th 2025 | 99 | rank only |
| Victoria state | 28th 2025 | 176 | rank only |
| South Australia state | 33rd 2025 | 41 | rank only |
| France as Chloé | 34th 2025 | 1,315 | 1 in 218 |
| Italy | 36th 2024 | 1,048 | 1 in 171 |
| Queensland state | 43rd 2025 | 107 | rank only |
| Northern Ireland | 68th 2025 | 30 | 1 in 243 |
| Switzerland as Chloé | 71st 2025 | 125 | 1 in 272 |
| Scotland | 83rd 2025 | 50 | 1 in 358 |
| England and Wales | 89th 2025 | 521 | 1 in 486 |
| The Netherlands as Chloé | 94th 2025 | 339 | about 1 in 180 |
| Cologne city | 183rd 2023 | 7 | about 1 in 878 |
| Sweden | 207th 2025 | 72 | about 1 in 558 |
| Poland | 277th 2025 | 17 | 1 in 7,046 |
| Norway | 337th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 2,180 |
| Berlin city as Chloé | 428th 2023 | 10 | about 1 in 1,450 |
| Austria | 438th 2025 | 11 | 1 in 3,247 |
| Rostock city as Chloé | 62nd 2025 | 3 | about 1 in 328 |
| Bonn city as Chloé | 145th 2025 | 4 | about 1 in 754 |
| Leipzig city as Chloé | 344th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 2,624 |
Rare, below the listed names: Munich, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Chloe comes from Ancient Greek χλόη, 'young green shoot', which was also an epithet of the goddess Demeter.
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It has two syllables, KLOH-ee, with a hard k sound at the start and an open ending. Chloé and Chloë are common accented spellings, and Khloe, Kloe and Cloe are phonetic variants.
Chloe is among the leading names in New South Wales and British Columbia and is well used in Spain, Catalonia and France. Its peak in the French records came in 2000, and since then it has been easing in twice as many places as it is rising. It remains a familiar and well-liked name across the English-speaking world and much of western Europe.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- KLOH-ee, 2 syllables
- Meaning
young green shoot
- Origin
- Greek
- Other spellings
- Cloe
- Khloe
- Khloé
- Kloé
- Kloe
Counted together here: Chloé and Chloë.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “young green shoot”), an epithet of goddess Demeter.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 6 of 26 regions, falling in 12.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| England and Wales | 23 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 89 |
| Scotland | 18 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 35 | 51 | 54 | 63 | 39 | 83 |
| Northern Ireland | 22 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 32 | 42 | 48 | 64 | 105 | 68 |
| Ireland | 17 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| Ontario | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 13 | |
| British Columbia | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Nova Scotia | 19 | 14 | 17 | |||||||
| New South Wales | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 |
| Victoria | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| Queensland | 11 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 49 | 43 |
| South Australia | 12 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 33 | 22 | 33 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 24 |
| Quebec | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 21 |
| France | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 31 | 34 |
| The Netherlands | 122 | 115 | 91 | 103 | 89 | 77 | 78 | 81 | 94 | |
| Austria | 502 | 393 | 354 | 374 | 580 | 363 | 314 | 407 | 348 | 438 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 46 | 59 | 45 | 62 | 56 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 71 |
| Berlin | 665 | 543 | 352 | 574 | 484 | 437 | 246 | 428 | ||
| Munich | 178 | 217 | 227 | |||||||
| Cologne | 470 | 939 | 254 | 684 | 216 | 435 | 318 | 183 | ||
| Bonn | 143 | 359 | 221 | 357 | 239 | 380 | 362 | 145 | ||
| Rostock | 134 | 199 | 197 | 62 | ||||||
| Norway | 337 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 245 | 231 | 265 | 178 | 204 | 200 | 186 | 201 | 222 | 207 |
| Spain | 40 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 21 | |
| Catalonia | 21 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 22 |
| Italy | 64 | 54 | 50 | 42 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 36 | |
| Poland | 253 | 255 | 355 | 275 | 309 | 285 | 389 | 457 | 302 | 277 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | 521 | 205.7 |
| 2024 | 72 | 646 | 250.4 |
| 2023 | 65 | 698 | 272.1 |
| 2022 | 58 | 816 | 309.7 |
| 2021 | 52 | 932 | 340.1 |
| 2020 | 46 | 980 | 365.1 |
| 2019 | 39 | 1,183 | 422.4 |
| 2018 | 36 | 1,375 | 477.0 |
| 2017 | 32 | 1,654 | 553.0 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,980 | 644.6 |
| 2015 | 18 | 2,158 | 700.8 |
| 2014 | 19 | 2,215 | 722.3 |
| 2013 | 18 | 2,401 | 778.4 |
| 2012 | 16 | 2,776 | 861.9 |
| 2011 | 12 | 3,347 | 1,041.7 |
| 2010 | 8 | 3,883 | 1,209.5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,479 | 1,429.3 |
| 2008 | 6 | 4,605 | 1,458.4 |
| 2007 | 7 | 4,019 | 1,312.9 |
| 2006 | 7 | 4,034 | 1,348.1 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4,017 | 1,393.5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4,530 | 1,584.7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5,064 | 1,817.2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5,712 | 2,136.4 |
| 2001 | 1 | 6,988 | 2,607.5 |
| 2000 | 1 | 7,538 | 2,759.4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 9,038 | 3,208.4 |
| 1998 | 1 | 9,628 | 3,329.5 |
| 1997 | 1 | 7,745 | 2,641.7 |
| 1996 | 2 | 6,824 | 2,305.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Chloe in France since 1925 were born in or after 2004. First recorded in 1947. Her peak year there: 2000, at 1,902.4 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Chloe per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2000 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Chloe
1 in 132 in Scotland
1 in 99 in Scotland
1 in 140 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Chloe.
1 in 228 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Chloe.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Chloe.
1 in 126 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Chloe.
1 in 1,025 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Chloe.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Chloe.
1 in 118 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Chloe.
1 in 108 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Chloe.
Middle names for Chloe
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Chloe Grace
2-1 beats · initials CG
Changes the beat after Chloe: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Chloe Olivia
2-4 beats · initials CO · Chloe slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Chloe: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Chloe slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Chloe Sophia
2-3 beats · initials CS
Changes the beat after Chloe: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Chloe Maria
2-3 beats · initials CM
Changes the beat after Chloe: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Chloe Rose
2-1 beats · initials CR
Changes the beat after Chloe: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Chloe Emily
2-3 beats · initials CE · Chloe slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Chloe: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Chloe slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Chloe Julia
2-3 beats · initials CJ
Changes the beat after Chloe: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Chloe Miriam
2-3 beats · initials CM
Changes the beat after Chloe: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Chloe
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 190 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Chloe across countries and decades.
1 in 557 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Chloe across countries and decades.
1 in 99 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Chloe across countries and decades.
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
94% alike: moves with Chloe across countries and decades.
1 in 197 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Chloe across countries and decades.
1 in 483 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Chloe across countries and decades.
1 in 71 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Chloe across countries and decades.
1 in 132 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Chloe across countries and decades.
Famous people named Chloe
Chloë Grace Moretz, Chloé Zhao, Chloë Sevigny, Chloe Bennet, Chloe Kim, Chloe Bridges, Chloe Kelly and Chloé Dygert.
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American actress (born 1997)
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Chinese filmmaker (born 1982)
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American actress born 1974
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American actress and singer born 1992
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American snowboarder born 2000
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American actress born 1991
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English association football player born 1998
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American cyclist born 1997
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Chloe
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Chloe?
Her best rank is No. 7 in New South Wales in 2025. She is in the published lists of 27 of our 40 regions.
What does Chloe mean?
Wiktionary glosses Chloe as "young green shoot".
How do you pronounce Chloe?
KLOH-ee, with 2 syllables.
Is Chloe getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 6 of 26 regions, falling in 12.
Which sister names go with Chloe?
The deck's top five sisters for Chloe: Maya, Sophia, Phoebe, Eva and Grace. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.