Phoebe vs Zoey

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Phoebe was ranked #14 and Zoey #419 among girls in England and Wales.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2024, Phoebe was ranked #30 and Zoey #253 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Phoebe was ranked #46 and Zoey #351 among girls in Scotland.

• New Zealand · Girls

  In 2023, Phoebe was ranked #56 and Zoey #94 among girls in New Zealand.

• New South Wales, Australia · Girls

  In 2021, Phoebe was ranked #72 and Zoey #81 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Phoebe was ranked #97 and Zoey #166 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Phoebe and Zoey over time

Phoebe and Zoey appear together in 4 published lists, across 79 years of shared records. Phoebe held the stronger position in more years in 4 of them, Zoey in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Zoey reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Phoebe in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2025

  Phoebe held the stronger position in 29 of those years, Zoey in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Phoebe #14 in 2025, Zoey #419 in 2025.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Phoebe #14, Zoey #419.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls25 shared years, 1990–2025

  Phoebe held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Zoey in 8.

  Highest recorded here: Phoebe #78 in 2022, Zoey #97 in 2016.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Phoebe #97, Zoey #166.

• Northern Ireland · Girls16 shared years, 2009–2024

  Phoebe held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Zoey in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Phoebe #30 in 2024, Zoey #178 in 2023.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Phoebe #30, Zoey #253.

• New Zealand · Girls9 shared years, 2015–2023

  Phoebe held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Zoey in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Phoebe #53 in 2017, Zoey #66 in 2015.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Phoebe #56, Zoey #94.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

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Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here