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Chloe

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~248,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#23 among girls
Births in 2025
6,210 254,741 since 1880
Typical age
16 years, median

Chloe popularity over time

Chloe rank by birth year, 1880–2025Chloe ranked #367 in 1880 and #23 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #9, in 2009.#10#100#1,000#23best #9 in 200918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2009 is the peak year for Chloe, with 11,936 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Chloe has spent 28 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #23, on 6,210 births. The ten-year change is -22%.

Babies named Chloe per yearPeaks at 11,936 births in 2009.11,936 in 2009018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Chloe?

An estimated 248,700 living Americans are called Chloe. SSA has recorded 254,741 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Chloe?

The typical living Chloe is 16 years old. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Chloe a millennial-era name.

Your Chloe

Ages of living people named ChloeHalf of living Chloes are older than 16 and half younger.median 16020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Chloe is most common

Hawaii uses the name 2.3× as often as the country as a whole. Vermont, District of Columbia and Maine follow.

Where Chloe is used more than average5 states use the name Chloe more than the national average.Alaska: 1.7× the national rateAKMaine: 1.8× the national rateMEVermont: 2.1× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.0× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 2.3× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Chloe is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Hawaii 272 2.3×
Vermont 95 2.1×
District of Columbia 238 2.0×
Maine 241 1.8×
Alaska 146 1.7×

Chloe in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Chloe ranked #89 in 2025 on 521 births. That is 47% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Chloe comes from

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

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Chloe

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Chloe Bennet American actress and singer 1992 42
Chloe Kim American snowboarder 2000 34
Chloe Bridges American actress 1991 33
Chloe Kelly English association football player 1998 31
Chloe Webb American actress 1956 20
Chloe Hosking Australian racing cyclist 1990 20
Chloe Bailey American singer and actress 1998 20
Chloe Esposito Australian modern pentathlete 1991 19
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 475 in 1988 to 875 in 1989 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Chloe

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Chloe was in 2025.

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