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

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Peak · girls
2025 · 1,885 births
Debut · girls
50 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
43,658
since 1880

Phoebe over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Phoebe has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#1571,885—
2024#1831,647—
2023#1911,591—
2022#2121,384—
2021#2471,240—
2020#2531,181—
2019#2911,149—
2018#3201,027—
2017#3181,021—
2016#3141,036—
2015#2881,119—
2014#2961,104—
2013#3011,065—
2012#3011,061—
2011#3101,023—
2010#3081,040—
2009#3221,018—
2008#348959—
2007#337988—
2006#365890—
2005#425730—
2004#405752#11,3565
2003#436689—
2002#436665—
2001#389752—
2000#439642—
1999#493527—
1998#603398—
1997#558419—
1996#542431—
1995#578397—
1994#812247—
1993#895215—
1992#979195—
1991#850235—
1990#871224—
1989#942189—
1988#1,226122—
1987#1,280109—
1986#1,084138—
1985#1,185119—
1984#1,225106—
1983#1,31192—
1982#1,48980—
1981#1,44584—
1980#1,44884—
1979#1,270100—
1978#1,126115—
1977#926151—
1976#1,117107—
1975#1,055112—
1974#1,17695—
1973#1,001118—
1972#1,038112—
1971#1,066113—
1970#1,080111—
1969#1,104100—
1968#1,08396—
1967#865137—
1966#991106—
1965#1,24075—
1964#1,091100—
1963#1,047105—
1962#1,038108—
1961#987120—
1960#993117—
1959#982116—
1958#988110—
1957#1,021105—
1956#965109—
1955#890120—
1954#824130—
1953#98195—
1952#93099—
1951#857109—
1950#89199—
1949#853107—
1948#854105—
1947#759128—
1946#756117—
1945#741101—
1944#710112—
1943#668128—
1942#663127—
1941#563155—
1940#565150—
1939#563143—
1938#557151—
1937#612121—
1936#552139—
1935#571127—
1934#568128—
1933#532143—
1932#541145—
1931#550143—
1930#530164—
1929#561148—
1928#520177—
1927#544169—
1926#557162—
1925#506192—
1924#503197—
1923#498194—
1922#501193—
1921#496199—
1920#456220—
1919#480193—
1918#457215—
1917#424227—
1916#449199—
1915#433198—
1914#395177—
1913#477112—
1912#466104—
1911#43587—
1910#41789—
1909#41378—
1908#41376—
1907#39182—
1906#46553—
1905#36287—
1904#40563—
1903#38468—
1902#33887—
1901#40454—
1900#39271—
1899#32784—
1898#34879—
1897#34472—
1896#283106—
1895#30590—
1894#29685—
1893#29186—
1892#28588—
1891#26784—
1890#28874—
1889#29467—
1888#29165—
1887#26663—
1886#22880—
1885#23372—
1884#21875—
1883#21966—
1882#21762—
1881#23146—
1880#21550—
First appearance
1880

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 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedMINew York: #343 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,633 girlsNYMassachusetts: #187 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,755 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedINOhio: #292 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,994 girlsOHPennsylvania: #289 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,951 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Phoebe, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#187 · 1 in 1,755
  2. Pennsylvania#289 · 1 in 3,951
  3. Ohio#292 · 1 in 2,994
  4. New York#343 · 1 in 4,633

Best ever in a state: #17 in Vermont, 2022.

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Ohio#29251 in 2,994
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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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #157 (1,885 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 121 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–1956
Share of babies · girls
1 in 853
  • Highest: 1 in 853 girls born in 2025 were named Phoebe (0.12%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s646#215 (1880)#241
1890s848#267 (1891)#303
1900s719#338 (1902)#397
1910s1,601#395 (1914)#443
1920s1,851#456 (1920)#514
1930s1,404#530 (1930)#558
1940s1,230#563 (1941)#713
1950s1,092#824 (1954)#933
1960s1,064#865 (1967)#1,044
1970s1,134#926 (1977)#1,086
1980s1,123#942 (1989)#1,264
1990s3,288#493 (1999)#718
2000s8,085#322 (2009)#390
2010s10,645#288 (2015)#305
2020s8,928#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 1910

girls
#417
89 births · 1 in 4,455 girls

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #417Phoebe89
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 4,455 of them was named Phoebe, which outranked 85.1% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Phoebe
  1. #412Era91
  2. #412Reva91
  3. #416Nadine90
  4. #417Phoebe89
  5. #417Carmella89
  6. #417Janice89
  7. #417Paula89
  8. #421Bess88
  9. #421John88
  10. #421Stephanie88

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

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

See the top 100 for 1910 →