Chloe
Chloe was the 23rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6,203 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 9th with 11,922 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6 places. More babies were named Chloe in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning young green shoot · Ancient Greek
Say it KLOH-ee /ˈkloʊi/
- Rank in 2025
- #23 girls, up 2 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6,203girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200911,922 babies
- Total since 1880
- 254,741babies recorded
What does the name Chloe mean?
Chloe is Greek for a young green shoot. It was a title of the goddess Demeter, who was linked with crops. Chloe is also a minor figure in the New Testament; the Wycliffite Bible of 1395 spells her name Cloe.
χλόη (Ancient Greek, “young green shoot”)
How sure is this? Well established.
See also: Greek names.
Nicknames for Chloe
The usual nicknames for Chloe are Coco. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Chloe in the last five years, 1 were named Coco, against fewer than 1 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coco · also for Colette | Modern | #2,334 | 415 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Chloes go by each one.
Chloe popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 352 since 1989, 7 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #23 | 6,203 |
| 2020 | #25 | 6,153 |
| 2010 | #9 | 11,765 |
| 2000 | #38 | 7,094 |
| 1990 | #212 | 1,371 |
| 1980 | #1,031 | 139 |
| 1970 | #2,793 | 25 |
| 1960 | #2,660 | 21 |
| 1950 | #1,530 | 37 |
| 1940 | #820 | 75 |
| 1930 | #719 | 94 |
| 1920 | #730 | 98 |
| 1910 | #586 | 50 |
| 1900 | #390 | 72 |
| 1890 | #326 | 60 |
| 1880 | #367 | 20 |
How popular is Chloe, counting every spelling?
Chloe is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #20 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #23 for Chloe on its own. Together these spellings went to 7,357 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chloe | 6,203 | #23 | 31,435 |
| Khloe | 1,149 | #272 | 7,143 |
| Cloey | 5 | #15,428 | 42 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Chloe?
6,203 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chloe (1.72 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Chloe born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is about 1 in 31. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chloe.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chloe?
About 248,000 people born in the US named Chloe are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 10 and 23. That makes Chloe mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Chloe by state
How common Chloe was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in District of Columbia (2.6×), Hawaii (2.6×), Vermont (2.4×), Rhode Island (2.2×), Maine (2.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Texas, Arkansas, Arizona.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Chloe: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chloe, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Chloe · Sibling names for Chloe
Questions about the name Chloe
What does Chloe mean?
Chloe means “young green shoot” (Ancient Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Chloe?
Chloe was the 23rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6,203 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 9th with 11,922 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6 places. More babies were named Chloe in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Chloe a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Chloe in the US.
Where is Chloe most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chloe was most common in District of Columbia (10.21 per 1,000 girls), followed by Hawaii and Vermont.