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Girl name · Greek origin

Chloe

/ˈkloʊi/ · Greek origin · 100% girls · #23 in the US for girls, 2025

Greek chloe, "green shoot" — young green shoot. An epithet of Demeter, goddess of the harvest; it appears in Paul's letter to the Corinthians.

MeaningYoung green shoot
OriginGreek
Syllables1
Pronunciation/ˈkloʊi/
NicknamesClo
Living in the US≈ 249,358
Median age today17 years
Themes: nature growth

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Chloe per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandFranceNorwayeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2009 · 11,936
  • Born in 20256,210
  • All time254,741
  • England & Wales, 2025#89 · 521

How popular is Chloe?

Chloe ranks 23rd among American girls in 2025, with 6,210 born that year. Its best year was 2009, when 11,936 babies were given the name, ranking 9th. The typical living American called Chloe is about 17 years old today. It is relatively most common in Hawaii, where it accounts for 0.57% of births.

Names that sound like Chloe

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Khloe0.85
  2. Charlotte0.59
  3. Zoe0.55
  4. Charlie0.52
  5. Chelsie0.52
  6. Chelsey0.50
  7. Chelsea0.48
  8. Charlee0.48

Middle names for Chloe

Ranked by flow score
  1. Chloe Noelle0.83
  2. Chloe Frances0.80
  3. Chloe Belle0.80
  4. Chloe Josephine0.80
  5. Chloe Hazel0.80
  6. Chloe Violet0.79

Sibling names for Chloe

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Rileyeither · 0.99
  2. Isaiahbrother · 0.99
  3. Jacksonbrother · 0.98
  4. Isaacbrother · 0.97
  5. Lilysister · 0.97
  6. Haydeneither · 0.96

Where Chloe is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Hawaii0.57%
  2. District of Columbia0.57%
  3. Wyoming0.53%
  4. Rhode Island0.41%
  5. Vermont0.41%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Chloe Wilson0.75
  2. Chloe Williams0.75
  3. Chloe Walker0.75
  4. Chloe Turner0.75
  5. Chloe Torres0.75
  6. Chloe Thompson0.75

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Chloe

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. Ireland1998–2019
  5. France1900–2025
  6. Norway1945–2025
  7. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Chloe across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.