US Name Trends

Chloe

Greek chloe, “young green shoot,” an epithet of Demeter.

2009peak year
No. 9best rank (2009)
254,741babies since 1880
No. 23rank in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Chloe per year — peak 11,922▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

A pastoral name from the ancient Greek romance Daphnis and Chloe, rediscovered by American parents around 2000.

Chloe appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1998 to 2025. Its biggest year was 2009, when 11,922 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 9 nationally. In 2025 it ranked No. 23 for girls. All told, 254,741 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Chloee (1,878), Chloey (1,216) (total births since 1880)

Other names that share a story: Khloe

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1880s357No. 301
1890s622No. 311
1900s478No. 390
1910s850No. 496
1920s746No. 729
1930s778No. 700
1940s543No. 815
1950s296No. 1503
1960s204No. 2463
1970s645No. 1096
1980s3,605No. 302
1990s25,858No. 63
2000s96,503No. 9
2010s85,316No. 9
2020s37,588No. 19

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.