Meaning not yet researched.
Phoebe: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,885 in 2025. Its best rank was #157 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Phoebe in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#157 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Phoebe: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,885 girls in 2025. Peak: #157 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 1,885 (2025).
In 2025, 1,885 US girls were named Phoebe, making it the 157th most common girls’ name of the year, up 26 places from #183 in 2024. That is 238 more than the 1,647 girls named Phoebe in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #157, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,885. For comparison, it was #288 in 2015 and #893 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Phoebe in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 50 babies with the name. In all, 43,663 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 10,645 babies named Phoebe.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 13,161 US girls were named Phoebe; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,885. In 2025 that was about 1 in 853 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Phoebe ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #27 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 8 states (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Phebe, Febe and Phoibe are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Fifi.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Phebe (2,958), Febe (292), Phoibe (12).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 12 | #27 | #77 |
| District of Columbia | 14 | #42 | — |
| Alaska | 11 | #48 | #172 |
| Maine | 16 | #54 | #106 |
| Oregon | 42 | #70 | #413 |
| Utah | 47 | #90 | #245 |
| Colorado | 53 | #97 | #253 |
| Washington | 63 | #98 | #204 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | #101 | #155 |
| Massachusetts | 51 | #105 | #176 |
| Arkansas | 26 | #110 | #285 |
| Ohio | 92 | #113 | #271 |
| North Dakota | 9 | #114 | — |
| Indiana | 51 | #129 | #233 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | #133 | #109 |
| Kansas | 24 | #134 | #448 |
| Minnesota | 40 | #136 | #293 |
| Montana | 8 | #138 | — |
| Wisconsin | 39 | #138 | #285 |
| Idaho | 15 | #140 | #431 |
| Maryland | 34 | #141 | #305 |
| Missouri | 42 | #149 | #277 |
| Pennsylvania | 74 | #151 | #305 |
| Arizona | 42 | #153 | #426 |
| Nebraska | 15 | #153 | #403 |
| Virginia | 51 | #157 | #297 |
| Tennessee | 49 | #157 | #397 |
| Oklahoma | 24 | #163 | #507 |
| New Jersey | 49 | #169 | #338 |
| California | 187 | #170 | #236 |
| North Carolina | 58 | #185 | #309 |
| Illinois | 55 | #187 | #290 |
| Georgia | 55 | #192 | #353 |
| Mississippi | 14 | #193 | #242 |
| Michigan | 46 | #197 | #493 |
| Connecticut | 17 | #203 | #206 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #203 | — |
| New Mexico | 8 | #209 | — |
| Louisiana | 21 | #210 | #311 |
| Texas | 157 | #220 | #376 |
| Iowa | 16 | #222 | #227 |
| Kentucky | 21 | #222 | #453 |
| Nevada | 12 | #228 | #356 |
| New York | 72 | #240 | #265 |
| Florida | 77 | #249 | #487 |
| Alabama | 19 | #263 | #674 |
| South Carolina | 19 | #276 | #454 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #298 | #297 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,885 | #157 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,647 | #183 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,591 | #191 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,384 | #212 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,240 | #247 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,181 | #254 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,149 | #291 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,027 | #320 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,021 | #318 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,036 | #314 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,119 | #288 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,104 | #297 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,065 | #302 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,061 | #301 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,023 | #310 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,040 | #308 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,018 | #322 | — | — |
| 2008 | 959 | #348 | — | — |
| 2007 | 988 | #337 | — | — |
| 2006 | 890 | #365 | — | — |
| 2005 | 730 | #425 | — | — |
| 2004 | 752 | #405 | 5 | #12,741 |
| 2003 | 689 | #436 | — | — |
| 2002 | 665 | #436 | — | — |
| 2001 | 752 | #389 | — | — |
| 2000 | 642 | #440 | — | — |
| 1999 | 527 | #494 | — | — |
| 1998 | 398 | #605 | — | — |
| 1997 | 419 | #559 | — | — |
| 1996 | 431 | #544 | — | — |
| 1995 | 397 | #578 | — | — |
| 1994 | 247 | #818 | — | — |
| 1993 | 215 | #899 | — | — |
| 1992 | 195 | #981 | — | — |
| 1991 | 235 | #855 | — | — |
| 1990 | 224 | #872 | — | — |
| 1989 | 189 | #943 | — | — |
| 1988 | 122 | #1,229 | — | — |
| 1987 | 109 | #1,291 | — | — |
| 1986 | 138 | #1,087 | — | — |
| 1985 | 119 | #1,191 | — | — |
| 1984 | 106 | #1,228 | — | — |
| 1983 | 92 | #1,314 | — | — |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,504 | — | — |
| 1981 | 84 | #1,452 | — | — |
| 1980 | 84 | #1,455 | — | — |
| 1979 | 100 | #1,279 | — | — |
| 1978 | 115 | #1,131 | — | — |
| 1977 | 151 | #930 | — | — |
| 1976 | 107 | #1,120 | — | — |
| 1975 | 112 | #1,062 | — | — |
| 1974 | 95 | #1,183 | — | — |
| 1973 | 118 | #1,005 | — | — |
| 1972 | 112 | #1,043 | — | — |
| 1971 | 113 | #1,070 | — | — |
| 1970 | 111 | #1,082 | — | — |
| 1969 | 100 | #1,105 | — | — |
| 1968 | 96 | #1,088 | — | — |
| 1967 | 137 | #868 | — | — |
| 1966 | 106 | #998 | — | — |
| 1965 | 75 | #1,248 | — | — |
| 1964 | 100 | #1,093 | — | — |
| 1963 | 105 | #1,051 | — | — |
| 1962 | 108 | #1,042 | — | — |
| 1961 | 120 | #991 | — | — |
| 1960 | 117 | #997 | — | — |
| 1959 | 116 | #986 | — | — |
| 1958 | 110 | #991 | — | — |
| 1957 | 105 | #1,024 | — | — |
| 1956 | 109 | #968 | — | — |
| 1955 | 120 | #896 | — | — |
| 1954 | 130 | #825 | — | — |
| 1953 | 95 | #984 | — | — |
| 1952 | 99 | #933 | — | — |
| 1951 | 109 | #861 | — | — |
| 1950 | 99 | #893 | — | — |
| 1949 | 107 | #855 | — | — |
| 1948 | 105 | #856 | — | — |
| 1947 | 128 | #762 | — | — |
| 1946 | 117 | #759 | — | — |
| 1945 | 101 | #747 | — | — |
| 1944 | 112 | #714 | — | — |
| 1943 | 128 | #672 | — | — |
| 1942 | 127 | #665 | — | — |
| 1941 | 155 | #564 | — | — |
| 1940 | 150 | #566 | — | — |
| 1939 | 143 | #563 | — | — |
| 1938 | 151 | #558 | — | — |
| 1937 | 121 | #613 | — | — |
| 1936 | 139 | #553 | — | — |
| 1935 | 127 | #573 | — | — |
| 1934 | 128 | #570 | — | — |
| 1933 | 143 | #532 | — | — |
| 1932 | 145 | #542 | — | — |
| 1931 | 143 | #551 | — | — |
| 1930 | 164 | #533 | — | — |
| 1929 | 148 | #563 | — | — |
| 1928 | 177 | #522 | — | — |
| 1927 | 169 | #545 | — | — |
| 1926 | 162 | #558 | — | — |
| 1925 | 192 | #506 | — | — |
| 1924 | 197 | #506 | — | — |
| 1923 | 194 | #498 | — | — |
| 1922 | 193 | #502 | — | — |
| 1921 | 199 | #498 | — | — |
| 1920 | 220 | #457 | — | — |
| 1919 | 193 | #480 | — | — |
| 1918 | 215 | #458 | — | — |
| 1917 | 227 | #426 | — | — |
| 1916 | 199 | #449 | — | — |
| 1915 | 198 | #433 | — | — |
| 1914 | 177 | #395 | — | — |
| 1913 | 112 | #480 | — | — |
| 1912 | 104 | #472 | — | — |
| 1911 | 87 | #437 | — | — |
| 1910 | 89 | #420 | — | — |
| 1909 | 78 | #416 | — | — |
| 1908 | 76 | #415 | — | — |
| 1907 | 82 | #393 | — | — |
| 1906 | 53 | #470 | — | — |
| 1905 | 87 | #365 | — | — |
| 1904 | 63 | #406 | — | — |
| 1903 | 68 | #386 | — | — |
| 1902 | 87 | #340 | — | — |
| 1901 | 54 | #409 | — | — |
| 1900 | 71 | #395 | — | — |
| 1899 | 84 | #328 | — | — |
| 1898 | 79 | #349 | — | — |
| 1897 | 72 | #346 | — | — |
| 1896 | 106 | #285 | — | — |
| 1895 | 90 | #307 | — | — |
| 1894 | 85 | #298 | — | — |
| 1893 | 86 | #292 | — | — |
| 1892 | 88 | #287 | — | — |
| 1891 | 84 | #270 | — | — |
| 1890 | 74 | #289 | — | — |
| 1889 | 67 | #298 | — | — |
| 1888 | 65 | #294 | — | — |
| 1887 | 63 | #267 | — | — |
| 1886 | 80 | #231 | — | — |
| 1885 | 72 | #235 | — | — |
| 1884 | 75 | #219 | — | — |
| 1883 | 66 | #222 | — | — |
| 1882 | 62 | #219 | — | — |
| 1881 | 46 | #233 | — | — |
| 1880 | 50 | #217 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).