Girls' name · since 1978
Phenicia
Phenicia has 26 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Phenicia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 26 recorded since 1978.
Phenicia has 26 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1993.
- #42,863 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Phenicia ranks #42,863 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #42,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Phenicia's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Phenicia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Phenicia splits its recorded history at 1981: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Phenicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1993
- Peak year (1981)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Phenicia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (11 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Phenicia's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Phenicia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 11 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Phenicia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Phenicia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Phenicia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.