Chloe

What Chloe means

Means “young green shoot”

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “young green shoot”), an epithet of goddess Demeter.

Source: Wiktionary, “Chloe” (revision 93670174), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Chloe?

US: Falling: down from #17 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #18 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2010, when 11,765 girls got the name (#9 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 259 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 486 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 358 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (13.52 per 1,000 girls), DC (12.88 per 1,000 girls), WY (12.33 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Chloe is #23 in the US and #89 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9% of US babies named Chloe were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Chole35 US
• Chloee21 US
• Chloey10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Chloe

Girls

• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Sophie#55French form of Sophia, meaning “wisdom”^*
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Lexi#628Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #308 in 2015, #628 in 2025

For a brother

• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*
• Zander#396Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Damien#352Form of Damian, meaning “to tame”^*
• Pierce#505Form of Peter, meaning “stone, rock”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Chloe’s. Rank is US 2025.