Given name & surname
Poe
“a mysterious woman”·“a mysterious man”
Poe is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a mysterious woman” (English) and “a mysterious man” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a mysterious woman” (English) and “a mysterious man” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Poe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 117
- 88 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #10,423 for boys · #14,512 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +56%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,423 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,013 as a first name in 2020; 23,182 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Poe’s family of names
Poe has a related form in Po. In English usage, Poe as a surname has a related form in POW. In Greek usage, Poe as a surname is a transliteration of Πόε.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Poe
Characters named Poe: Poe Dameron (Star Wars).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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