Chloe
Say it: KLOH-ee
GirlMeans young green shoot5 letters2 syllables
#22
in Ireland (2025)
166
babies in 2025
#1
best rank (1998)
12,470
babies since 1974
Down 13
10-year rank change
Chloe through the years
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| Year | Babies (girls) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 166 | #22 |
| 2024 | 182 | #19 |
| 2023 | 192 | #18 |
| 2022 | 205 | #20 |
| 2021 | 250 | #12 |
| 2020 | 244 | #14 |
| 2019 | 260 | #15 |
| 2018 | 262 | #15 |
| 2017 | 304 | #10 |
| 2016 | 288 | #17 |
| 2015 | 362 | #9 |
| 2014 | 328 | #14 |
| 2013 | 346 | #13 |
| 2012 | 345 | #15 |
| 2011 | 437 | #9 |
| 2010 | 441 | #9 |
| 2009 | 411 | #10 |
| 2008 | 453 | #9 |
| 2007 | 388 | #15 |
| 2006 | 375 | #14 |
| 2005 | 440 | #8 |
| 2004 | 453 | #8 |
| 2003 | 412 | #8 |
| 2002 | 516 | #5 |
| 2001 | 556 | #4 |
| 2000 | 553 | #5 |
| 1999 | 615 | #1 |
| 1998 | 575 | #1 |
| 1997 | 510 | #9 |
| 1996 | 421 | #11 |
| 1995 | 215 | #25 |
| 1994 | 232 | #23 |
| 1993 | 167 | #35 |
| 1992 | 142 | #45 |
| 1991 | 124 | #50 |
| 1990 | 97 | #70 |
| 1989 | 72 | #97 |
| 1988 | 52 | #115 |
| 1987 | 33 | #160 |
| 1986 | 14 | #263 |
| 1985 | 6 | #386 |
| 1984 | 4 | #459 |
| 1983 | 4 | #476 |
| 1982 | 5 | #425 |
| 1980 | 4 | #483 |
| 1976 | 3 | #497 |
| 1975 | 3 | #503 |
| 1974 | 3 | #490 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0. Spellings with and without fadas are combined; the CSO only recorded fadas from 2018.
★ What does Chloe mean?
Young green shoot
Greek, from chloē (young green growth), a title of the goddess Demeter.
Say it right
KLOHee
The "ch" is a hard K. The spellings Chloé and Chloë are also used.
The story of Chloe
Chloe comes from a Greek word for the fresh green shoots of plants in spring. In ancient Greece it was one of the titles of Demeter, goddess of the harvest. The name appears once in the New Testament, in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. It also turns up in the old Greek romance Daphnis and Chloe, and in English verse such as Strephon and Chloe by the Dublin-born Jonathan Swift.
Chloe first appears in the CSO records in 1974 and rose fast in the late 1980s. It was the most popular girls’ name in Ireland in 1998, and in 1999 it was number 1 again, with 615 girls. Northern Ireland got there first: it topped the list there in 1997. It is less common today, at number 22 in 2025. The CSO counts Chloe, Chloé and Chloë separately; these figures combine them.
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Sources
- Wiktionary: Chloe (English proper noun)
- Wikipedia: Chloe
- CSO VSA60, Girls Names in Ireland with 3 or More Occurrences
- NISRA, Baby Names in Northern Ireland, full name list 1997-2025
At a glance
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Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Chloe | 158 | 12,398 |
| Chloé | 8 | 69 |
| Chloë | under 3 | 3 |
In Northern Ireland
#68 in 2025 with 30 babies. Best rank #1 (1997); 4,540 babies since 1997.
Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.