Chloe

“Young green shoot; blooming” — Ancient Greek origin

Girl's name · #23 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Chloe reached its best rank, #9, in 2009 and remains near the top at #23 today. About 254,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variant Khloe (#272), Chloe would rank around #14 with about 7,400 births last year — the newborns split about 84/16 between Chloe and Khloe. Popular twin pairings with Chloe include Claire, Zoey, and Sophie for girls, and Connor, Caleb, and Christian for boys.

Around the world: #7 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #7 in Philippines (2024) · #8 in Canada (2024) · #22 in Spain (2024) · #22 in Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Chloes

Chloë Grace Moretz — American actress (born 1997)
Chloé Zhao — Chinese filmmaker (born 1982)
Chloë Sevigny — American actress
Chloe Bennet — American actress and singer
Chloe Kim — American snowboarder

In stories & tradition

Chloe O'Brian — 24
Chloe Sullivan — Smallville · Action Comics
Chloe Frazer — Uncharted · Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

What Chloes become

Among 802 notable people named Chloe:

Entertainers appear 2.18× more often than among typical names — e.g. Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress (born 1997).

Similar names: Khloe · Zoe · Claire · Maya · Penelope · Ariana

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