Chloe — #20 US girls' name
248,112 babies named Chloe in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.9% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Chloe was born in this single decade.
11,918 babies were named Chloe in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chloe
The Social Security Administration has registered 248,112 babies named Chloe between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chloe currently holds the #20 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 11,918 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chloe performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 96,497 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Chloe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28,879 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Chloe in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chloe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 248,112 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chloe at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
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Chloe popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2009)
- 11,918
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently a top-25 pick among girls.
248,112 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 11,918 births in a single year.
Chloe popularity over time — boys
345 total births recorded since 1989 (Chloe as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Chloe accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chloe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 96,497 births that decade — 39% of Chloe's all-time total
Chloe decade highlights
- Peak decade 96,497 births
- Runner-up 85,300 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chloe's strongest decade
96,497 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Chloe by state
Where Chloe concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28,879 | 11.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 20,242 | 8.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 14,482 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 13,463 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 9,856 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 9,107 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 8,404 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 8,257 | 3.3% |
28,879 of 248,112 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.6% of nationwide
- Texas 8.2% of nationwide
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
- Florida 5.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Chloe appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.