Phaedra — #5993 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Phaedra

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,885 babies named Phaedra between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Phaedra currently holds the #5993 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 96 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phaedra performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 589 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Phaedra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 123 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Phaedra in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phaedra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,885 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.