Chloe

femaleAncient Greek

Commonly interpreted as 'green shoot', referring to new plant growth in spring; used as an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter.

Origin: Ancient Greek

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #1 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. See regions.

Chloe: Recorded since 1974, it reached #1 in 1997, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
185times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#1highest recorded position
35groupings it qualifies for
90names it appears alongside

What stands out in Chloe's record

Ranked inside the top 10 by 5 registrars, and #1 in 4 of them. Names by top-10 reach
Held a top-100 place for 41 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 9,628 births with the name in 1998, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 30 years. Names by sustained share

KLOH-ee/ˈkloʊi/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (7) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

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Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

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Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Ancient Greek
Meaning: Commonly interpreted as 'green shoot', referring to new plant growth in spring; used as an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter.
Pronunciation: KLOH-ee
Syllables: 1
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Ancient Greek

Popularity

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2
1997	#1
1998	#1
1999	#1
2000	#1
2001	#1
2002	#1
2003	#3
2004	#5
2005	#6
2006	#7
2007	#7
2008	#6
2009	#3
2010	#8
2011	#12
2012	#16
2013	#18
2014	#19
2015	#18
2016	#23
2017	#32
2018	#36
2019	#39
2020	#46
2021	#52
2022	#58
2023	#65
2024	#72
2025	#89

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 48 of the 52 years from 1974 to 2025.

In 2025: #7 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #22 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #89 among girls in England and Wales, #341 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1974–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #490 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #89 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Chloe appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 12,398 births with the name.

Chloe across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Chloe's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#490 (1974)	#1 (1998)	#22 (2025)	48 of 52	12,398 (1974–2025)	615 (1999)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#94 (1985)	#1 (2006)	#7 (2025)	41 of 41	16,633 (1985–2025)	634 (2008)
New Zealand · Girls	#98 (1986)	#8 (2010)	#23 (2023)	36 of 38	5,428 (1986–2023)	262 (2010)
England and Wales · Girls	#2 (1996)	#1 (1997)	#89 (2025)	30 of 30	111,765 (1996–2025)	9,628 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#1 (1997)	#1 (1997)	#105 (2024)	28 of 28	4,510 (1997–2024)	434 (1998)

Chloe by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Chloe in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	9	3 of 10	3
1980s	194	9 of 10	22
1990s	3,098	10 of 10	310
2000sbusiest	4,557	10 of 10	456
2010s	3,355	10 of 10	336
2020s	1,185	6 of 10	198

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 456 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1995 and 1996, when recorded births rose by 206, from 215 to 421.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Chloe appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1974 and 2025, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1, first reached in 1997.

It held a top-100 place in 41 years, 41 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9,628 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

5 registrars ranked it inside their own top 10. It reached #1 in 4 registrars' lists.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1985, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Chloe was ranked #1 in England and Wales · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Chizaram · #351, 19y
Chizitere · #3695, 8y
Chloe-Louise · #301, 24y
Chole · #343, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ava · #1, 45y
Lucas · #2, 46y
Luca · #3, 43y
Elsie · #8, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Ava · #1, 45y
Isla · #1, 32y
Joshua · #1, 55y
Katie · #1, 51y

Comparisons involving Chloe

Existing comparison pages where Chloe and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Chloe in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Chloe vs Katie
In 1996 they stood at #2 and #12 in England and Wales · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2025 they were #89 and #650.
Chloe · Katie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 England and Wales ranking
Chloe vs Ruby
Chloe and Ruby changed places 15 times in New Zealand · Girls between 1992 and 2023, ending at #23 and #17.
Chloe · Ruby · 30 shared years, 1992–2023 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2023 New Zealand ranking
Chloe vs Aisling
Both reached their highest recorded position in Northern Ireland · Girls within 2 years — Chloe #1 in 1997, Aisling #60 in 1998.
Chloe · Aisling · 26 shared years, 1997–2022 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1998 Northern Ireland ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Chloe within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Chloe vs Ava
Across 21 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Chloe and Ava averaged 11.6 places apart, ending at #23 and #8.
Chloe · Ava · 21 shared years, 2003–2023 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2023 New Zealand ranking
Chloe vs Sienna
Across 23 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Chloe and Sienna averaged 13.5 places apart, ending at #7 and #10.
Chloe · Sienna · 23 shared years, 2003–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Chloe and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Charlotte vs Chloe
In 2012, Charlotte moved ahead of Chloe in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #7 and #1 the year before became #1 and #5.
Charlotte · Chloe · 36 shared years, 1989–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2012 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Chloe vs Niamh
In 1998, Chloe moved ahead of Niamh in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #9 and #5 the year before became #1 and #6.
Chloe · Niamh · 48 shared years, 1974–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Republic of Ireland ranking
Rebecca vs Chloe
In 1998, Chloe moved ahead of Rebecca in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #7 and #9 the year before became #9 and #1.
Rebecca · Chloe · 48 shared years, 1974–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Chloe measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Chloe at its highest position.

Chloe vs Alyssa
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Chloe #1 in 2006, Alyssa #25 in 2004.
Chloe · Alyssa · 23 shared years, 1990–2019 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2006 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Isabella vs Chloe
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Isabella #1 in 2007, Chloe #1 in 2006.
Isabella · Chloe · 33 shared years, 1993–2025 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2007 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Chloe vs Molly
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Chloe #1 in 2006, Molly #32 in 2005.
Chloe · Molly · 23 shared years, 1996–2021 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2006 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Chloe and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Chloe without appearing here.

Chloe moved ahead of

Ida
In 2007 they stood at #503 and #406 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #9 and #546.
May
In 1993 they stood at #386 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #23 and #502.
Marilyn
In 1986 they stood at #459 and #414 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1987 that had become #160 and #488.
Matilda Compare
In 1986 they stood at #490 and #490 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1987 that had become #160 and #488.

Moved ahead of Chloe

Nina
In 2023 they stood at #64 and #84 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #105 and #63.
Heidi
In 2023 they stood at #64 and #66 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #105 and #65.
Sarah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #64 and #79 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #105 and #75.
Saoirse Compare
In 2022 they stood at #48 and #50 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #64 and #37.

Moved the opposite way to Chloe

Aisling Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chloe went from #490 to #22 while Aisling went from #52 to #180.
Andrea
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chloe went from #490 to #22 while Andrea went from #99 to #304.
Ann
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chloe went from #490 to #22 while Ann went from #10 to #443.
Anne
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chloe went from #490 to #22 while Anne went from #13 to #544.

Moved the same way as Chloe

Ada
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chloe went from #490 to #22 and Ada from #428 to #45.
Annie
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chloe went from #490 to #22 and Annie from #249 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chloe went from #490 to #22 and Aoife from #58 to #34.
Clodagh
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chloe went from #490 to #22 and Clodagh from #85 to #47.

Meaning & Origin

Commonly interpreted as 'green shoot', referring to new plant growth in spring; used as an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Ancient Greek

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Chloe is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Chloe, between 1974 and 2025, in 48 of those 52 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1974–2025	48	#1 in 1998
New South Wales, Australia	1985–2025	41	#1 in 2006
New Zealand	1986–2023	36	#8 in 2010
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#1 in 1997
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#1 in 1997
Scotland	2024	1	#39 in 2024
Norway	2025	1	#341 in 2025

Its high point came 28 years earlier in England and Wales (1997) than in Norway (2025).

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 1976; it appears again in 1980.

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

KLOH-ee/ˈkloʊi/

Syllables: 1
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Chloe Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Chloe in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Chloe

Chloe at a glance

What stands out in Chloe's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chloe across 5 official records

Chloe by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Chloe appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Chloe

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Comparisons involving Chloe

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Chloe and the names beside it

Chloe moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Chloe

Moved the opposite way to Chloe

Moved the same way as Chloe

Meaning & Origin

Where Chloe is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Chloe Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Chloe at a glance

What stands out in Chloe's record

Chloe across 5 official records

Chloe by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Chloe appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Chloe

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Comparisons involving Chloe

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Chloe and the names beside it

Chloe moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Chloe

Moved the opposite way to Chloe

Moved the same way as Chloe