Phebe

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births

Peak · girls
1882 · 25 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,958
since 1880

Phebe over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Phebe has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #352, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,55422
2024#5,61522
2023#4,19134
2022#4,79328
2021#5,09125
2020#4,45330
2019#4,16234
2018#3,91837
2017#4,69529
2016#4,42332
2015#4,72529
2014#4,00337
2013#4,00237
2012#4,38733
2011#3,49645
2010#4,18035
2009#3,80041
2008#4,55033
2007#5,23027
2006#4,07336
2005#3,58741
2004#3,68939
2003#3,94634
2002#4,28029
2001#5,17422
2000#5,15122
1999#5,03921
1998#4,95521
1997#4,81921
1996#4,45323
1995#5,67716
1994#8,12210
1993#7,49811
1992#5,71816
1991#5,94915
1990#5,83515
1989#6,95511
1988#5,89513
1987#5,31214
1986#4,53917
1985#5,07714
1984#6,29110
1983#5,82411
1982#4,02519
1981#4,96314
1980#4,51716
1979#4,84214
1978#3,63720
1977#4,65214
1976#3,96316
1975#3,95016
1974#3,00823
1973#3,23320
1972#4,52312
1971#4,81011
1970#3,11021
1969#2,58526
1968#3,05718
1967#4,05311
1966#3,26615
1965#3,73312
1964#6,0096
1963#3,63513
1962#4,01111
1961#2,60822
1960#3,51213
1959#3,25414
1958#3,54312
1957#3,03315
1956#4,4678
1955#3,22513
1954#2,59218
1953#3,10613
1952#3,04013
1951#2,93713
1950#2,90913
1949#2,41017
1948#2,25519
1947#2,14621
1946#2,48215
1945#2,45813
1944#1,54528
1943#1,75124
1942#2,21416
1941#1,69622
1940#2,20314
1939#2,03816
1938#1,87318
1937#2,31713
1936#1,80118
1935#1,77919
1934#1,91317
1933#1,60622
1932#1,68521
1931#1,75020
1930#1,49927
1929#2,30114
1928#1,78422
1927#1,77123
1926#2,35115
1925#1,50430
1924#1,44033
1923#1,78223
1922#2,10918
1921#1,40933
1920#1,58427
1919#1,48128
1918#1,29934
1917#1,21935
1916#1,33230
1915#1,52323
1914#1,22825
1913#1,17622
1912#1,21819
1911#1,03118
1910#1,52110
1909#1,6078
1908#1,35710
1907#99015
1906#1,22910
1905#1,23810
1904#1,00113
1903#1,07611
1902#90315
1901#91813
1900#78022
1899#93512
1898#88615
1897#73518
1896#72819
1895#65822
1894#1,1368
1893#63021
1892#59022
1891#52424
1890#57820
1889#43930
1888#61217
1887#49920
1886#50819
1885#35432
1884#68610
1883#53613
1882#35225
1881#37420
1880#43515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Phebe was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

See more about Phebe
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 61 spots since 2024 (#5,615#5,554)
  • 1,101 spots since 2020 (#4,453#5,554)
  • 829 spots since 2015 (#4,725#5,554)
  • Biggest jump: 478 spots in 1895 (#1,136#658)
  • Biggest drop: 506 spots in 1894 (#630#1,136)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #352 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1880–1893
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,158
  • Highest: 1 in 4,158 girls born in 1885 were named Phebe (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #352 in 1882, was only 1 in 4,314 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 11.8% of all girls named Phebe (348) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s201#352 (1882)#480
1890s181#524 (1891)#740
1900s127#780 (1900)#1,110
1910s244#1,031 (1911)#1,303
1920s238#1,409 (1921)#1,804
1930s191#1,499 (1930)#1,826
1940s189#1,545 (1944)#2,116
1950s132#2,592 (1954)#3,211
1960s147#2,585 (1969)#3,647
1970s167#3,008 (1974)#3,973
1980s139#4,025 (1982)#5,340
1990s169#4,453 (1996)#5,807
2000s324#3,587 (2005)#4,348
2010s348#3,496 (2011)#4,199
2020s161#4,191 (2023)#4,950

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Phebe in 1890

girls
#578
20 births · 1 in 9,519 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #578Phebe20
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 9,519 of them was named Phebe, which outranked 62.3% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Phebe
  1. #570Lilian21
  2. #570Ocie21
  3. #570Philomena21
  4. #578Phebe20
  5. #578Adda20
  6. #578Alda20
  7. #578Almira20
  8. #599Allene19
  9. #599Althea19
  10. #599Alvena19

Tied with 20 names at #578; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1890