On June 5, 1886, Zoe Akins was born, eventually becoming a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter during Hollywood's golden age. You may be surprised to learn that Zoe has ranked among the Top 1000 girls’ names nearly every year since the US began tracking name popularity in 1880, but it hit a new milestone on the recently-released 2024 list, moving into the Top 30 for the first time in the name’s history. Zoe is also a big international star, ranking in the Top 100 throughout many English-speaking, European, and Latin American countries. Variation Zoey ranks at Number 59, making this a name with considerable Playground Popularity.
There’s also two saint Zoes— of Rome and of Pamphilia— the latter of which is from whom I take my Zoe!