Chloe
Chloe was given to 6,203 girls in 2025, #23 among girls’ names; 254,741 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 248,000 Americans named Chloe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 10 and 23.
Chloe came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1943 and returned in 1982.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Chloe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Chloe mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Chloe is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the sense “young green shoot” (χλόη).
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “young green shoot”), an epithet of goddess Demeter.
/ˈkloʊ.i/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Chloe?
#23 among girls’ names, 2025
Chloe fell from #17 in 2015 to #23 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 4.5 to 3.9 per 1,000.
11,936 babies in 2009, the peak
Chloe peaked in 2009, when 11,936 babies were given it (11,922 girls, #9 among girls’ names). The 6,210 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 52% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,203 | #23 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6,406 | #20 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5,997 | #26 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 6,482 | #19 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 6,347 | #25 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 6,153 | #25 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 6,414 | #24 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 6,679 | #25 | 3.9 |
| 2017 | 6,982 | #22 | 4.0 |
| 2016 | 7,484 | #20 | 4.2 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7,950 | #17 | 4.5 |
| 2014 | 8,562 | #18 | 4.8 |
| 2013 | 8,801 | #14 | 5.0 |
| 2012 | 9,672 | #11 | 5.5 |
| 2011 | 11,007 | #10 | 6.3 |
| 2010 | 11,765 | #9 | 6.6 |
| 2009 | 11,922 | #9 | 6.5 |
| 2008 | 11,836 | #10 | 6.3 |
| 2007 | 10,759 | #16 | 5.6 |
| 2006 | 10,404 | #18 | 5.5 |
| 2005 | 9,598 | #19 | 5.2 |
| 2004 | 8,729 | #23 | 4.8 |
| 2003 | 9,082 | #24 | 5.0 |
| 2002 | 8,902 | #25 | 5.0 |
| 2001 | 8,177 | #30 | 4.5 |
| 2000 | 7,094 | #38 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 4,964 | #63 | 2.8 |
| 1998 | 3,794 | #87 | 2.1 |
| 1997 | 3,015 | #109 | 1.7 |
| 1996 | 2,782 | #112 | 1.6 |
| 1995 | 2,332 | #136 | 1.3 |
| 1994 | 2,079 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1993 | 1,957 | #158 | 1.1 |
| 1992 | 1,893 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1991 | 1,671 | #179 | 0.89 |
| 1990 | 1,371 | #212 | 0.72 |
| 1989 | 864 | #302 | 0.47 |
| 1988 | 475 | #479 | 0.27 |
| 1987 | 506 | #439 | 0.29 |
| 1986 | 466 | #462 | 0.27 |
| 1985 | 351 | #563 | 0.20 |
| 1984 | 309 | #587 | 0.18 |
| 1983 | 182 | #842 | 0.11 |
| 1982 | 183 | #850 | 0.11 |
| 1981 | 130 | #1,079 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 139 | #1,031 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 100 | #1,273 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 119 | #1,097 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 93 | #1,276 | 0.06 |
| 1976 | 85 | #1,287 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,531 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,737 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,835 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,402 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,549 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,793 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,534 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,641 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,885 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,280 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,282 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,686 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,715 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,471 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,072 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,659 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,798 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,872 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,668 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,261 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,162 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,911 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,507 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,982 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,530 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,706 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,498 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 57 | #1,120 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 47 | #1,141 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 68 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 66 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 78 | #816 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 75 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 66 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 81 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 83 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 91 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 71 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 78 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 73 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 81 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 60 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 94 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 75 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 64 | #926 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 67 | #914 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 64 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 62 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 78 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 72 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 74 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 92 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 98 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 75 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 99 | #724 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 104 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 127 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 119 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 68 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 70 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 69 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 69 | #496 | 0.16 |
| 1910 | 50 | #586 | 0.13 |
| 1909 | 40 | #614 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 42 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1907 | 43 | #556 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 52 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1905 | 42 | #530 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 52 | #452 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 56 | #426 | 0.21 |
| 1902 | 42 | #485 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 37 | #501 | 0.15 |
| 1900 | 72 | #390 | 0.24 |
| 1899 | 54 | #391 | 0.23 |
| 1898 | 65 | #385 | 0.25 |
| 1897 | 50 | #415 | 0.21 |
| 1896 | 53 | #387 | 0.22 |
| 1895 | 73 | #334 | 0.31 |
| 1894 | 67 | #340 | 0.30 |
| 1893 | 76 | #311 | 0.36 |
| 1892 | 76 | #311 | 0.36 |
| 1891 | 48 | #359 | 0.26 |
| 1890 | 60 | #326 | 0.32 |
| 1889 | 64 | #301 | 0.36 |
| 1888 | 62 | #304 | 0.35 |
| 1887 | 41 | #333 | 0.28 |
| 1886 | 34 | #366 | 0.24 |
| 1885 | 34 | #342 | 0.26 |
| 1884 | 36 | #327 | 0.28 |
| 1883 | 19 | #437 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 33 | #307 | 0.31 |
| 1881 | 14 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 20 | #367 | 0.22 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Chloe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Chloe has been given almost only to girls: 352 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Chloe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Chloe, and how old are they?
248,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 254,741 Americans ever recorded as Chloe. The median Chloe alive today is 17 years old; half are between 10 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 200,400 people named Chloe (200,086 women and girls, 314 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 213,218 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 358 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 433 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 831 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 17,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 140,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 90,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Chloe born?
The states with the most babies named Chloe are California, Texas and Florida, with 29% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 750 | #24 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 584 | #33 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 472 | #16 | 1.0× |
| New York | 437 | #14 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 246 | #12 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 239 | #19 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 217 | #18 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 217 | #16 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 203 | #28 | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 187 | #10 | 0.9× |
Where Chloe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Chloe is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Chloe with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 315,351 babies since 1880, Chloe is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6,210 of their 7,495 babies (83%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Chloe
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Chloe and names like it
- Compare Chloe and KhloeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sChloe peaked in 2009.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Chloe since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Chloe: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2009The year the most babies were named Chloe.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Chloe alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with CMost given first.