Spellings
Zoe or Zoey?
In the US in 2025, 61% of babies in this name family were spelled Zoe and 37% Zoey. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
The order has flipped. In 2015, Zoey led with 52% of the family's births; in 2025, Zoe leads with 61%. All spellings together, the family went from 13,465 to 9,275 births (−31%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoe | 6,051 | 5,646 | −7% |
| Zoey | 6,977 | 3,427 | −51% |
| Zoie | 371 | 177 | −52% |
| Zoee | 66 | 25 | −62% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈzoʊi/ (ZOH-ee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Zoe 1,430 births (#30 among girls) and Zoey 25 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
Which spelling is yours?
The one-minute style quiz.