Meaning and history
Zoe means “life” in Greek and was adopted in early times by Hellenized Jews as a translation of Eve. The name was borne by two early Christian saints, one martyred under Emperor Hadrian and the other under Diocletian, and it was common in the Byzantine Empire, including the 11th-century ruling empress Zoe. In English, Zoe (sometimes spelled Zoë) has been used only since the 19th century and has generally been more common among Eastern Christians in various spellings.
20062006: 5,153 births, rank #54
2007: 4,937 births, rank #56
2008: 4,781 births, rank #58
2009: 5,152 births, rank #47
2010: 6,274 births, rank #31
20112011: 6,309 births, rank #31
2012: 6,466 births, rank #30
2013: 5,978 births, rank #31
2014: 5,884 births, rank #32
2015: 6,051 births, rank #33
20162016: 5,764 births, rank #35
2017: 5,173 births, rank #41
2018: 5,124 births, rank #40
2019: 5,071 births, rank #38
2020: 4,799 births, rank #40
20212021: 4,739 births, rank #42
2022: 5,022 births, rank #38
2023: 5,190 births, rank #36
2024: 5,733 births, rank #29
20252025: 5,646 births, rank #31
Zoe has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1880, it fell to #999 by 1919, before climbing to #31 in 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2012, with 6,466 births.