Zooey — #14367 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zooey

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,099 babies named Zooey between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zooey currently holds the #14367 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 194 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zooey performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 907 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zooey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 202 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Zooey in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zooey 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 1,099 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.