Phoebe

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Phoebe is ranked 183rd among girls in 2024 (1,639 births). Its best rank was 183rd, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #183up 7 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,6390.10% of girls
Peak year: 20241,639 births
Best rank: #183in 2024
Since 1880: 41,758people given the name

Babies named Phoebe, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

41,758 girls have been named Phoebe in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,639 births — 0.10% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 25%. It has spent 120 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Phoebe
1880s	646
1890s	848
1900s	719
1910s	1,601
1920s	1,851
1930s	1,404
1940s	1,229
1950s	1,092
1960s	1,064
1970s	1,134
1980s	1,123
1990s	3,290
2000s	8,085
2010s	10,640
2020s	7,032

In 2024, its biggest year

Phoebe was the 183rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Phoebe

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.