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.
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 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 2,442 of them was named Phoebe, which outranked 97.8% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 396,996 of them was named Phoebe, which outranked 14.2% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).