Phoebe — #183 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Phoebe

The Social Security Administration has registered 41,758 babies named Phoebe between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Phoebe currently holds the #183 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,639 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phoebe performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10,640 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Phoebe shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,534 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Phoebe in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phoebe 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 41,758 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.