Phebe
Phebe is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 357th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201145 births
- Best rank
- #357in 1882
- Since 1880
- 2,936people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,936 girls have been named Phebe in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2011, with 45 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1957, and the 2010s alone account for 12%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Phebe | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 201 | |
| 1890s | 181 | |
| 1900s | 127 | |
| 1910s | 244 | |
| 1920s | 238 | |
| 1930s | 191 | |
| 1940s | 189 | |
| 1950s | 132 | |
| 1960s | 147 | |
| 1970s | 167 | |
| 1980s | 139 | |
| 1990s | 169 | |
| 2000s | 324 | |
| 2010s | 348 | |
| 2020s | 139 |
In 2011, its biggest year
Phebe was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2011 were Sophia, Isabella, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2011.
Names that rose and fell with Phebe
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Louisapeak 2021
- Corapeak 2019
- Molliepeak 1915
- Lidapeak 1918
- Libbiepeak 1915
- Bellepeak 1915
- Dessapeak 2001
- Senapeak 2023
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.