Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: FrenchChloe, also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃-, which relates to the colors yellow and green.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Chloe yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Chloe's rank peaked at #9 in 2009, the same year its raw count hit its high of 11,918 births — one of this batch's cleaner simultaneous peaks, like Carter's or Mason's.
By 2024 its rank had drifted to #20 with 6,385 births, 25% under its count a decade back — a milder retreat than Jackson's or Gabriel's.
The enrichment data lists a single namesake, filmmaker Chloé Zhao, whose Oscar-winning career postdates the name's 2009 peak by more than a decade — meaning her prominence can't explain the name's original rise, only perhaps helping sustain interest in the years since.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 20 | #367 |
| 1881 | 14 | #450 |
| 1882 | 33 | #307 |
| 1883 | 19 | #437 |
| 1884 | 36 | #327 |
| 1885 | 34 | #342 |
| 1886 | 34 | #366 |
| 1887 | 41 | #333 |
| 1888 | 62 | #304 |
| 1889 | 64 | #301 |
| 1890 | 60 | #326 |
| 1891 | 48 | #359 |
| 1892 | 76 | #311 |
| 1893 | 76 | #311 |
| 1894 | 67 | #340 |
| 1895 | 73 | #334 |
| 1896 | 53 | #387 |
| 1897 | 50 | #415 |
| 1898 | 65 | #385 |
| 1899 | 54 | #391 |
| 1900 | 72 | #390 |
| 1901 | 37 | #501 |
| 1902 | 42 | #485 |
| 1903 | 56 | #426 |
| 1904 | 52 | #452 |
| 1905 | 42 | #530 |
| 1906 | 52 | #472 |
| 1907 | 43 | #556 |
| 1908 | 42 | #575 |
| 1909 | 40 | #614 |
| 1910 | 50 | #586 |
| 1911 | 69 | #496 |
| 1912 | 69 | #583 |
| 1913 | 70 | #618 |
| 1914 | 68 | #702 |
| 1915 | 119 | #600 |
| 1916 | 127 | #596 |
| 1917 | 104 | #666 |
| 1918 | 99 | #724 |
| 1919 | 75 | #812 |
| 1920 | 98 | #730 |
| 1921 | 92 | #762 |
| 1922 | 74 | #855 |
| 1923 | 72 | #866 |
| 1924 | 78 | #850 |
| 1925 | 62 | #947 |
| 1926 | 64 | #932 |
| 1927 | 67 | #914 |
| 1928 | 64 | #926 |
| 1929 | 75 | #815 |
| 1930 | 94 | #719 |
| 1931 | 60 | #889 |
| 1932 | 81 | #748 |
| 1933 | 73 | #769 |
| 1934 | 78 | #756 |
| 1935 | 71 | #805 |
| 1936 | 91 | #700 |
| 1937 | 83 | #747 |
| 1938 | 81 | #775 |
| 1939 | 66 | #862 |
| 1940 | 75 | #820 |
| 1941 | 78 | #816 |
| 1942 | 66 | #961 |
| 1943 | 68 | #953 |
| 1944 | 47 | #1,142 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,380 |
| 1946 | 57 | #1,121 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,304 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,499 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,530 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,531 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,983 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,508 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,912 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,163 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,262 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,669 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,873 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,798 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,660 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,472 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,716 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,687 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,283 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,281 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,885 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,641 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,535 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,793 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,549 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,402 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,835 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,737 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,531 |
| 1976 | 85 | #1,287 |
| 1977 | 93 | #1,276 |
| 1978 | 118 | #1,105 |
| 1979 | 100 | #1,274 |
| 1980 | 139 | #1,031 |
| 1981 | 130 | #1,079 |
| 1982 | 183 | #850 |
| 1983 | 182 | #842 |
| 1984 | 309 | #587 |
| 1985 | 351 | #563 |
| 1986 | 466 | #462 |
| 1987 | 507 | #439 |
| 1988 | 475 | #479 |
| 1989 | 863 | #302 |
| 1990 | 1,371 | #212 |
| 1991 | 1,671 | #179 |
| 1992 | 1,893 | #161 |
| 1993 | 1,957 | #158 |
| 1994 | 2,079 | #155 |
| 1995 | 2,332 | #136 |
| 1996 | 2,780 | #112 |
| 1997 | 3,015 | #109 |
| 1998 | 3,794 | #87 |
| 1999 | 4,964 | #63 |
| 2000 | 7,094 | #38 |
| 2001 | 8,177 | #30 |
| 2002 | 8,902 | #25 |
| 2003 | 9,082 | #24 |
| 2004 | 8,729 | #23 |
| 2005 | 9,598 | #19 |
| 2006 | 10,403 | #18 |
| 2007 | 10,759 | #16 |
| 2008 | 11,835 | #10 |
| 2009 | 11,918 | #9 |
| 2010 | 11,763 | #9 |
| 2011 | 11,007 | #10 |
| 2012 | 9,670 | #11 |
| 2013 | 8,798 | #14 |
| 2014 | 8,562 | #18 |
| 2015 | 7,950 | #17 |
| 2016 | 7,481 | #20 |
| 2017 | 6,981 | #22 |
| 2018 | 6,677 | #25 |
| 2019 | 6,411 | #24 |
| 2020 | 6,145 | #26 |
| 2021 | 6,343 | #25 |
| 2022 | 6,476 | #19 |
| 2023 | 5,987 | #26 |
| 2024 | 6,385 | #20 |
