Phebe
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 25 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,958since 1880
Phebe over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Phebe has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,554 | 22 |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 |
| 2022 | #4,793 | 28 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 |
| 2011 | #3,496 | 45 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 |
| 2004 | #3,689 | 39 |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,299 | 34 |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,228 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #630 | 21 |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 |
| 1891 | #524 | 24 |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 |
| 1887 | #499 | 20 |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 |
| 1885 | #354 | 32 |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 |
| 1882 | #352 | 25 |
| 1881 | #374 | 20 |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 |
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.
Where Phebe is popular in 1880
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 201 | #352 (1882) | #480 |
| 1890s | 181 | #524 (1891) | #740 |
| 1900s | 127 | #780 (1900) | #1,110 |
| 1910s | 244 | #1,031 (1911) | #1,303 |
| 1920s | 238 | #1,409 (1921) | #1,804 |
| 1930s | 191 | #1,499 (1930) | #1,826 |
| 1940s | 189 | #1,545 (1944) | #2,116 |
| 1950s | 132 | #2,592 (1954) | #3,211 |
| 1960s | 147 | #2,585 (1969) | #3,647 |
| 1970s | 167 | #3,008 (1974) | #3,973 |
| 1980s | 139 | #4,025 (1982) | #5,340 |
| 1990s | 169 | #4,453 (1996) | #5,807 |
| 2000s | 324 | #3,587 (2005) | #4,348 |
| 2010s | 348 | #3,496 (2011) | #4,199 |
| 2020s | 161 | #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 1880
girls
#435
15 births · 1 in 6,066 girls
Top girls' names in 1880
More about 1880
girls
90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 6,066 of them was named Phebe, which outranked 53.8% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).