Zoey

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zoey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zoey: Recorded since 1990, it reached #66 in 2015, and it stood at #166 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
82times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#66highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#753
1997	#1176
1998	#1319
2000	#3912
2001	#2226
2002	#1784
2003	#2191
2004	#1535
2005	#1934
2006	#1201
2007	#1073
2008	#1247
2009	#932
2010	#790
2011	#817
2012	#1037
2013	#584
2014	#570
2015	#595
2016	#615
2017	#648
2018	#583
2019	#545
2020	#505
2021	#474
2022	#494
2023	#490
2024	#454

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 26 of the 36 years from 1990 to 2025.

In 2024: #105 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #253 among girls in Northern Ireland, #351 among girls in Scotland, #454 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1990–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #517 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2015–2023
Highest recorded position: #66 among girls in New Zealand, in 2015 (recorded 2015–2023).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #166 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Zoey appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 1,262 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1990.

Zoey 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.

Zoey'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	#517 (1990)	#97 (2016)	#166 (2025)	26 of 36	714 (1990–2025)	58 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#753 (1996)	#454 (2024)	#454 (2024)	28 of 29	1,262 (1996–2024)	91 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#309 (2009)	#178 (2023)	#253 (2024)	16 of 16	102 (2009–2024)	10 (2019)
New Zealand · Girls	#66 (2015)	#66 (2015)	#94 (2023)	9 of 9	445 (2015–2023)	65 (2015)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#91 (2020)	#81 (2021)	#81 (2021)	2 of 2	166 (2020–2021)	87 (2021)

Zoey by decade in England and Wales · 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 Zoey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	60	3 of 10	20
2000s	160	10 of 10	16
2010s	618	10 of 10	62
2020sbusiest	424	5 of 10	85

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 85 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births rose by 36, from 34 to 70.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zoey appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in New Zealand in 2015.

Zoey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#454	91	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#490	81	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#494	82	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#474	90	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#505	80	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#545	74	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#583	71	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#648	64	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#615	69	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#595	71	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#570	74	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#584	70	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1037	34	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#817	45	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#790	46	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#932	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1073	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1201	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#753	30	High	Verified
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#94	42	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#93	45	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#81	51	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#85	46	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#99	41	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#68	55	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#73	53	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#87	47	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#66	65	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#253	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#178	10	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#183	10	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#206	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#246	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	28	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	46	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	27	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	44	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	45	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	47	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	48	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	40	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	39	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#97	58	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	51	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	35	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	38	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	40	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	24	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	21	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	23	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	13	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#367	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#351	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1990 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #66, first reached in 2015.

It held a top-100 place in 9 years, 9 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 91 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 34 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.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Fletcher · #65, 30y
Mateo · #65, 31y
Zac · #65, 30y
Amara · #68, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alba · #66, 31y
Britney · #66, 29y
Caitlyn · #66, 29y
Darcie · #66, 30y

Zoey was ranked #66 in New Zealand · Girls in 2015. 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.

Zoey 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zoey without appearing here.

Zoey moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1934 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1201 and #3548.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3912 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2226 and #3998.
Kristy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2191 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1535 and #3197.
Jan Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3912 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2191 and #3594.

Moved ahead of Zoey

Ivy Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1319 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1033.
Nora Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1319 and #1392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1139.
Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1319 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1313.
Maja Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1319 and #1571 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1475.

Moved the opposite way to Zoey

Aimee Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zoey went from #517 to #166 while Aimee went from #143 to #885.
Alison Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zoey went from #517 to #166 while Alison went from #38 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zoey went from #517 to #166 while Amanda went from #33 to #608.
Amy Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zoey went from #517 to #166 while Amy went from #12 to #138.

Moved the same way as Zoey

Abigail Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zoey went from #517 to #166 and Abigail from #380 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zoey went from #517 to #166 and Alice from #110 to #41.
Amelia Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zoey went from #517 to #166 and Amelia from #446 to #12.
Anna Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zoey went from #517 to #166 and Anna from #66 to #26.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in New Zealand in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zoey

Zoey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zoey across 5 official records

Zoey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zoey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Zoey

Zoey and the names beside it

Zoey moved ahead of

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Zoey at a glance

Zoey across 5 official records

Zoey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zoey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Zoey

Zoey and the names beside it

Zoey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Zoey

Moved the opposite way to Zoey

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