Girl's name
Zoey
Say it ZOH-ee
Greek origin from Zoë, life
2 syllables
Where Zoey is loved, common and rare
Common across Canada and one more place. Rare in five German cities, Austria, Ireland and ten more places.
1 in 754 girls born in Ireland in 2025
British Columbia 33rdOntario 54thQuebec 93rd
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Every place
In 21 of the 40 official lists, among them British Columbia (33rd), Ontario (54th) and Quebec (93rd).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia province | 33rd 2023 | 60 | about 1 in 199 |
| Ontario province | 54th 2024 | 158 | about 1 in 345 |
| Quebec province | 93rd 2025 | 60 | about 1 in 433 |
| Austria | 158th 2025 | 38 | 1 in 940 |
| Ireland | 166th 2025 | 28 | 1 in 754 |
| Sweden | 192nd 2025 | 45 | about 1 in 893 |
| Scotland | 198th 2025 | 20 | 1 in 895 |
| Munich city | 201st 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 699 |
| Berlin city | 241st 2023 | 13 | about 1 in 1,116 |
| The Netherlands | 255th 2025 | 58 | about 1 in 1,052 |
| Cologne city | 258th 2023 | 4 | about 1 in 1,536 |
| Israel זואי | 297th 2024 | 50 | about 1 in 1,569 |
| Switzerland | 309th 2025 | 23 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Northern Ireland | 334th 2025 | 4 | 1 in 1,822 |
| England and Wales | 419th 2025 | 97 | 1 in 2,611 |
| Poland | 583rd 2025 | 3 | 1 in 39,929 |
| Italy | 884th 2024 | 11 | 1 in 16,288 |
| France | 1275th 2025 | 25 | 1 in 11,472 |
| Bonn city | 90th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 431 |
| Leipzig city | 128th 2025 | 4 | about 1 in 656 |
| Rostock city | 166th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 985 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Catalonia, Hungary and Slovenia.
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.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock). How we count, and every source
About the name
Zoey is a spelling of Zoe, and through Zoë it carries the meaning 'life'. Its roots are Greek.
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Two syllables, ZOH-ee, with both vowels sounded. Zoe is the usual spelling, and Zoya, Zoja, Zoia and Zowie are variants.
Zoey ranks well in British Columbia and Ontario and is used in Quebec, while it appears far down the lists in Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands. The Ontario and British Columbia records first show it in 1992 and place its peak in 2021. It is now falling in more places than it is rising. The -ey ending makes the pronunciation clear to English readers.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- ZOH-ee, 2 syllables
- Meaning
- from Zoë,
life
- Origin
- Greek
- Other spellings
- Zoe
- Zoja
- Zoya
- Zowie
- Zoia
Over time
Over five years: rising in 4 of 19 regions, falling in 9.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 615 | 648 | 583 | 545 | 505 | 474 | 494 | 490 | 454 | 419 |
| Scotland | 276 | 169 | 182 | 168 | 209 | 205 | 223 | 236 | 351 | 198 |
| Northern Ireland | 306 | 263 | 313 | 189 | 246 | 206 | 183 | 178 | 253 | 334 |
| Ireland | 97 | 145 | 138 | 114 | 107 | 118 | 118 | 173 | 105 | 166 |
| Ontario | 42 | 42 | 36 | 42 | 37 | 29 | 34 | 38 | 54 | |
| British Columbia | 31 | 26 | 32 | 45 | 24 | 34 | 36 | 33 | ||
| Nova Scotia | 14 | |||||||||
| New South Wales | 92 | 81 | ||||||||
| South Australia | 130 | 121 | 87 | |||||||
| New Zealand | 87 | 71 | 68 | 99 | 82 | 81 | 87 | 92 | 85 | |
| Quebec | 132 | 97 | 91 | 128 | 93 | 94 | 100 | 124 | 155 | 93 |
| France | 992 | 962 | 773 | 709 | 789 | 911 | 829 | 801 | 831 | 1275 |
| The Netherlands | 164 | 169 | 148 | 154 | 217 | 172 | 183 | 194 | 255 | |
| Austria | 106 | 126 | 135 | 124 | 129 | 139 | 146 | 150 | 166 | 158 |
| Switzerland | 327 | 337 | 257 | 321 | 270 | 302 | 198 | 231 | 222 | 309 |
| Berlin | 169 | 159 | 142 | 209 | 147 | 172 | 204 | 241 | ||
| Munich | 232 | 201 | ||||||||
| Cologne | 236 | 219 | 254 | 332 | 216 | 105 | 183 | 258 | ||
| Bonn | 314 | 111 | 168 | 357 | 186 | 181 | 176 | 115 | 90 | |
| Leipzig | 71 | 193 | 110 | 113 | 191 | 164 | 112 | 163 | 222 | 128 |
| Rostock | 69 | 66 | 202 | 97 | 76 | 76 | 63 | 68 | 166 | |
| Sweden | 232 | 181 | 182 | 230 | 167 | 199 | 202 | 201 | 176 | 192 |
| Italy | 1013 | 1368 | 950 | 884 | ||||||
| Poland | 491 | 449 | 520 | 531 | 440 | 495 | 523 | 583 | ||
| Israel | 236 | 233 | 245 | 234 | 221 | 255 | 282 | 291 | 297 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 419 | 97 | 38.3 |
| 2024 | 454 | 91 | 35.3 |
| 2023 | 490 | 81 | 31.6 |
| 2022 | 494 | 82 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 474 | 90 | 32.8 |
| 2020 | 505 | 80 | 29.8 |
| 2019 | 545 | 74 | 26.4 |
| 2018 | 583 | 71 | 24.6 |
| 2017 | 648 | 64 | 21.4 |
| 2016 | 615 | 69 | 22.5 |
| 2015 | 595 | 71 | 23.1 |
| 2014 | 570 | 74 | 24.1 |
| 2013 | 584 | 70 | 22.7 |
| 2012 | 1037 | 34 | 10.6 |
| 2011 | 817 | 45 | 14.0 |
| 2010 | 790 | 46 | 14.3 |
| 2009 | 932 | 35 | 11.2 |
| 2008 | 1247 | 23 | 7.3 |
| 2007 | 1073 | 27 | 8.8 |
| 2006 | 1201 | 22 | 7.4 |
| 2005 | 1934 | 11 | 3.8 |
| 2004 | 1535 | 14 | 4.9 |
| 2003 | 2191 | 8 | 2.9 |
| 2002 | 1784 | 10 | 3.7 |
| 2001 | 2226 | 7 | 2.6 |
| 2000 | 3912 | 3 | 1.1 |
| 1998 | 1319 | 14 | 4.8 |
| 1997 | 1176 | 16 | 5.5 |
| 1996 | 753 | 30 | 10.1 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Zoey in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2016. First recorded in 1992. Her peak year there: 2021, at 480.1 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Zoey per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 2021 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Zoey
1 in 1,025 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Zoey.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Arianna, Arya and Aria.
1 in 298 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Zoey.
1 in 1,627 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Zoey.
1 in 132 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Zoey.
1 in 338 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Zoey.
1 in 344 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Zoey.
1 in 778 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Zoey.
1 in 436 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Zoey.
1 in 960 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Zoey.
1 in 688 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Zoey.
Middle names for Zoey
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Zoey Grace
2-1 beats · initials ZG
Changes the beat after Zoey: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Zoey Olivia
2-4 beats · initials ZO · Zoey slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Zoey: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Zoey slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Zoey Sophia
2-3 beats · initials ZS
Changes the beat after Zoey: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Zoey Maria
2-3 beats · initials ZM
Changes the beat after Zoey: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Zoey Rose
2-1 beats · initials ZR
Changes the beat after Zoey: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Zoey Emily
2-3 beats · initials ZE · Zoey slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Zoey: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Zoey slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Zoey Julia
2-3 beats · initials ZJ
Changes the beat after Zoey: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Zoey Miriam
2-3 beats · initials ZM
Changes the beat after Zoey: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Zoey
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 341 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Zoey across countries and decades.
1 in 1,491 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Zoey across countries and decades.
1 in 344 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Zoey across countries and decades.
1 in 778 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Zoey across countries and decades.
1 in 688 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Zoey across countries and decades.
1 in 280 in Northern Ireland
91% alike: moves with Zoey across countries and decades.
1 in 189 in Ireland
91% alike: moves with Zoey across countries and decades.
1 in 197 in Scotland
90% alike: moves with Zoey across countries and decades.
Famous people named Zoey
Zoey Deutch.
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American actress (born 1994)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Zoey
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 Zoey?
Her best rank is No. 33 in British Columbia in 2023, about 1 in 199 girls. She is in the published lists of 21 of our 40 regions.
What does Zoey mean?
Zoey takes her meaning from Zoë: "life", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Zoey?
ZOH-ee, with 2 syllables.
Is Zoey getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 4 of 19 regions, falling in 9.
Which sister names go with Zoey?
The deck's top five sisters for Zoey: Ariana, Thea, Lexie, Maya and Quinn. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.