Editing Chloe (section)

== Popularity ==
The name was a popular [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] girl's name (cf. the Ancient Greek novel [[Daphnis and Chloe]]) and remains a popular Greek name today.

It has been a very popular name in the [[United Kingdom]] since the early 1990s, peaking in popularity later in the 1990s and during the first decade of the 21st century.

In [[Northern Ireland]], ''Chloe'' was the most popular name for newborn girls from 1997 to 2002, followed by [[Emma (name)|Emma]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite press release
 | title = Jack and Emma were the most popular first names in Northern Ireland in 2003
 | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]]
 | date = 2 January 2004
 | access-date = 14 February 2008
 | url = http://www.groni.gov.uk/Publication/512004111434.pdf
 | quote = Jack and Emma were the most popular first names given to children whose births were registered in Northern Ireland in 2003
 | url-status = dead
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060929210813/https://www.groni.gov.uk/Publication/512004111434.pdf
 | archive-date = 29 September 2006
 }}</ref> It was also one of the most popular girls' names throughout the UK from 1995 to 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4148335.stm |title=Mohammed enters top boys' names |work=[[BBC News]] |date=January 5, 2005 |access-date=July 9, 2010}}</ref> In 2013, it was the fourth-[[List of most popular given names#Female names 5|most popular name for baby girls in Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parenting.kidspot.com.au/australias-100-most-popular-baby-names/#.Us8-yqxBRPh|title=Australia's 100 most popular baby names|website=Kidspot|date=April 2, 2013|access-date=2014-01-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091657/http://parenting.kidspot.com.au/australias-100-most-popular-baby-names/#.Us8-yqxBRPh|archive-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref>

Chloe was among the five most popular names for [[Asian people|newborn girls of Asian descent]] in the [[United States of America|American]] state of [[Virginia]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/blog/2023/01/23/virginia-department-of-healths-office-of-vital-records-announces-top-fifteen-baby-names-of-2022-other-interesting-virginia-birth-data/ |title = Virginia Department of Health's Office of Vital Records Announces Top Fifteen Baby Names of 2022, Other Interesting Virginia Birth Data |date = 23 January 2023 }}</ref> It has ranked among the top one hundred names for newborn American girls nationally since 1998, peaking in 2009 and 2010 when it was the ninth most popular name given to girls. It was the twenty-fourth most popular name for American girls nationally in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/chloe/top/united-states | title=Popularity for the name Chloe - Behind the Name }}</ref> The name is occasionally misspelled as “Chole”. The [[Social Security Administration|United States Social Security Administration]] noted that a number of parents of girls initially named “Chole” on their birth certificates had filed to correct the spelling to “Chloe” between 2017 and 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/12/baby-names-childless-couples-moving/ |title=The most-regretted baby names, and more! |date=2022-08-12 |author1=Andrew Van Dam |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref>

In 2022, it was the sixth most popular name given to girls in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710014701|title=Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)|website=Statistics Canada|access-date=2024-08-25}}</ref>