Greek zoe, "life" — life. Borne by a Byzantine empress and several early saints.
Zoe ranks 31st among American girls in 2025, with 5,659 born that year. Its best year was 2012, when 6,483 babies were given the name, ranking 30th. The typical living American called Zoe is about 15 years old today. It is relatively most common in District of Columbia, where it accounts for 0.68% of births.
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.