Phoebe
#157 for girls in 2025, 1,885 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,885 births
- Debut · girls
- 50 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 43,658since 1880
Phoebe over time
Rank among girls' names. Phoebe has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #157 | 1,885 | — | |
| 2024 | #183 | 1,647 | — | |
| 2023 | #191 | 1,591 | — | |
| 2022 | #212 | 1,384 | — | |
| 2021 | #247 | 1,240 | — | |
| 2020 | #253 | 1,181 | — | |
| 2019 | #291 | 1,149 | — | |
| 2018 | #320 | 1,027 | — | |
| 2017 | #318 | 1,021 | — | |
| 2016 | #314 | 1,036 | — | |
| 2015 | #288 | 1,119 | — | |
| 2014 | #296 | 1,104 | — | |
| 2013 | #301 | 1,065 | — | |
| 2012 | #301 | 1,061 | — | |
| 2011 | #310 | 1,023 | — | |
| 2010 | #308 | 1,040 | — | |
| 2009 | #322 | 1,018 | — | |
| 2008 | #348 | 959 | — | |
| 2007 | #337 | 988 | — | |
| 2006 | #365 | 890 | — | |
| 2005 | #425 | 730 | — | |
| 2004 | #405 | 752 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #436 | 689 | — | |
| 2002 | #436 | 665 | — | |
| 2001 | #389 | 752 | — | |
| 2000 | #439 | 642 | — | |
| 1999 | #493 | 527 | — | |
| 1998 | #603 | 398 | — | |
| 1997 | #558 | 419 | — | |
| 1996 | #542 | 431 | — | |
| 1995 | #578 | 397 | — | |
| 1994 | #812 | 247 | — | |
| 1993 | #895 | 215 | — | |
| 1992 | #979 | 195 | — | |
| 1991 | #850 | 235 | — | |
| 1990 | #871 | 224 | — | |
| 1989 | #942 | 189 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,226 | 122 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,280 | 109 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,084 | 138 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,185 | 119 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,225 | 106 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,311 | 92 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,445 | 84 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,448 | 84 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 100 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,126 | 115 | — | |
| 1977 | #926 | 151 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,117 | 107 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,055 | 112 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,176 | 95 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,001 | 118 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,038 | 112 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,066 | 113 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,080 | 111 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,104 | 100 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,083 | 96 | — | |
| 1967 | #865 | 137 | — | |
| 1966 | #991 | 106 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,240 | 75 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,091 | 100 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,047 | 105 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,038 | 108 | — | |
| 1961 | #987 | 120 | — | |
| 1960 | #993 | 117 | — | |
| 1959 | #982 | 116 | — | |
| 1958 | #988 | 110 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,021 | 105 | — | |
| 1956 | #965 | 109 | — | |
| 1955 | #890 | 120 | — | |
| 1954 | #824 | 130 | — | |
| 1953 | #981 | 95 | — | |
| 1952 | #930 | 99 | — | |
| 1951 | #857 | 109 | — | |
| 1950 | #891 | 99 | — | |
| 1949 | #853 | 107 | — | |
| 1948 | #854 | 105 | — | |
| 1947 | #759 | 128 | — | |
| 1946 | #756 | 117 | — | |
| 1945 | #741 | 101 | — | |
| 1944 | #710 | 112 | — | |
| 1943 | #668 | 128 | — | |
| 1942 | #663 | 127 | — | |
| 1941 | #563 | 155 | — | |
| 1940 | #565 | 150 | — | |
| 1939 | #563 | 143 | — | |
| 1938 | #557 | 151 | — | |
| 1937 | #612 | 121 | — | |
| 1936 | #552 | 139 | — | |
| 1935 | #571 | 127 | — | |
| 1934 | #568 | 128 | — | |
| 1933 | #532 | 143 | — | |
| 1932 | #541 | 145 | — | |
| 1931 | #550 | 143 | — | |
| 1930 | #530 | 164 | — | |
| 1929 | #561 | 148 | — | |
| 1928 | #520 | 177 | — | |
| 1927 | #544 | 169 | — | |
| 1926 | #557 | 162 | — | |
| 1925 | #506 | 192 | — | |
| 1924 | #503 | 197 | — | |
| 1923 | #498 | 194 | — | |
| 1922 | #501 | 193 | — | |
| 1921 | #496 | 199 | — | |
| 1920 | #456 | 220 | — | |
| 1919 | #480 | 193 | — | |
| 1918 | #457 | 215 | — | |
| 1917 | #424 | 227 | — | |
| 1916 | #449 | 199 | — | |
| 1915 | #433 | 198 | — | |
| 1914 | #395 | 177 | — | |
| 1913 | #477 | 112 | — | |
| 1912 | #466 | 104 | — | |
| 1911 | #435 | 87 | — | |
| 1910 | #417 | 89 | — | |
| 1909 | #413 | 78 | — | |
| 1908 | #413 | 76 | — | |
| 1907 | #391 | 82 | — | |
| 1906 | #465 | 53 | — | |
| 1905 | #362 | 87 | — | |
| 1904 | #405 | 63 | — | |
| 1903 | #384 | 68 | — | |
| 1902 | #338 | 87 | — | |
| 1901 | #404 | 54 | — | |
| 1900 | #392 | 71 | — | |
| 1899 | #327 | 84 | — | |
| 1898 | #348 | 79 | — | |
| 1897 | #344 | 72 | — | |
| 1896 | #283 | 106 | — | |
| 1895 | #305 | 90 | — | |
| 1894 | #296 | 85 | — | |
| 1893 | #291 | 86 | — | |
| 1892 | #285 | 88 | — | |
| 1891 | #267 | 84 | — | |
| 1890 | #288 | 74 | — | |
| 1889 | #294 | 67 | — | |
| 1888 | #291 | 65 | — | |
| 1887 | #266 | 63 | — | |
| 1886 | #228 | 80 | — | |
| 1885 | #233 | 72 | — | |
| 1884 | #218 | 75 | — | |
| 1883 | #219 | 66 | — | |
| 1882 | #217 | 62 | — | |
| 1881 | #231 | 46 | — | |
| 1880 | #215 | 50 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Phoebe was already there! It came in at #215, and was given to 50 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 67 girls a year got the name.
Where Phoebe is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#422 · 1 in 4,090
- Kentucky#440 · 1 in 4,712
- Oklahoma#470 · 1 in 4,266
- Tennessee#574 · 1 in 7,318
- Virginia#607 · 1 in 8,117
Best ever in a state: #17 in Vermont, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #422 | 12 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Kentucky | #440 | 7 | 1 in 4,712 |
| Oklahoma | #470 | 5 | 1 in 4,266 |
| Tennessee | #574 | 5 | 1 in 7,318 |
| Virginia | #607 | 5 | 1 in 8,117 |
| Alabama | #616 | 5 | 1 in 7,079 |
| Georgia | #689 | 5 | 1 in 8,950 |
| Pennsylvania | #707 | 8 | 1 in 14,295 |
| Ohio | #939 | 5 | 1 in 21,181 |
| Texas | #1,083 | 7 | 1 in 16,254 |
| New York | #1,180 | 6 | 1 in 28,064 |
| California | #1,481 | 5 | 1 in 33,270 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Phoebe
- 26 spots since 2024 (#183 → #157)
- 96 spots since 2020 (#253 → #157)
- 131 spots since 2015 (#288 → #157)
- Biggest jump: 284 spots in 1989 (#1,226 → #942)
- Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1968 (#865 → #1,083)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #157 (1,885 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–1956
- Highest: 1 in 853 girls born in 2025 were named Phoebe (0.12%)
- 24.4% of all girls named Phoebe (10,645) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #215 (1880) → #1,489 (1982) → #157 (2025)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 646 | #215 (1880) | #241 |
| 1890s | 848 | #267 (1891) | #303 |
| 1900s | 719 | #338 (1902) | #397 |
| 1910s | 1,601 | #395 (1914) | #443 |
| 1920s | 1,851 | #456 (1920) | #514 |
| 1930s | 1,404 | #530 (1930) | #558 |
| 1940s | 1,230 | #563 (1941) | #713 |
| 1950s | 1,092 | #824 (1954) | #933 |
| 1960s | 1,064 | #865 (1967) | #1,044 |
| 1970s | 1,134 | #926 (1977) | #1,086 |
| 1980s | 1,123 | #942 (1989) | #1,264 |
| 1990s | 3,288 | #493 (1999) | #718 |
| 2000s | 8,085 | #322 (2009) | #390 |
| 2010s | 10,645 | #288 (2015) | #305 |
| 2020s | 8,928 | #157 (2025) | #207 |
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.
Phoebe in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 17,444 of them was named Phoebe, which outranked 86.4% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #978Germaine117
- #978Laurene117
- #978Merrie117
- #982Phoebe116
- #982Alyce116
- #982Deedee116
- #982Jacki116
- #988Marty115
- #988Shirlene115
- #988Starr115
Tied with 5 names at #982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.