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Zoey

Say it: ZOH-ee

GirlMeans life4 letters2 syllables

#166

in Ireland (2025)

#168 with spellings combined

28

babies in 2025

#97

best rank (2016)

714

babies since 1990

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10-year rank change

Zoey through the years

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Zoey: babies per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025020406080196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series changePeak 2016: 58
Zoey: rank per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025#1#10#50#100#250#500#1000196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Zoey: per 10,000 girls per year in Ireland, 1964 to 20250510152025196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Babies per 10,000 girls listed by the CSO that year, which evens out changes in the number of births.
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YearBabies (girls)Rank
202528#168
202446#105
202327#176
202244#118
202145#120
202047#109
201948#114
201840#141
201739#145
201658#97
201551#123
201435#164
201338#160
201240#142
201124#220
201021#255
200923#232
200813#364
200714#307
200610#369
20056#461
20033#655
20014#498
19924#455
19913#515
19903#517

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.

★ What does Zoey mean?

Life

Greek, a phonetic spelling of Zoë, from zōē (life).

Say it right

ZOHee

The story of Zoey

Zoey is a spelling of Zoë that shows how the name is said. Zoë comes from the Greek word zōē, meaning life. The two dots in Zoë are there to show that the final e is sounded, and the -ey ending does the same job without them.

The CSO counts each spelling separately, so Zoe and Zoey have their own figures. Zoey turned up in the CSO lists in a few years around 1990 and became a regular choice from the mid-2000s. In 2016 it had its best year, with 58 girls, when it reached number 97.

It is much rarer in Northern Ireland, where its best place was number 178 in 2023.

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Sources
  • Wiktionary: Zoey (English proper noun)
  • Wiktionary: Zoe (English proper noun)
  • CSO VSA60, Girls Names in Ireland with 3 or More Occurrences
  • NISRA, Baby Names in Northern Ireland

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Zoey28714

In Northern Ireland

#334 in 2025 with 4 babies. Best rank #178 (2023); 106 babies since 2009.

Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.

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