How Many People Are Named Phaedra?
people named Phaedra are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 187,587 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,902 babies named Phaedra in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
96 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Greek Φαιδρα (Phaidra), derived from φαιδρος (phaidros) meaning "bright". Phaedra was the daughter of Minos and the wife of Theseus in Greek mythology. Aphrodite caused her to fall in love with her stepson Hippolytos, and after she was rejected by him she killed herself.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Phaedra in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Phaedra alive today is about 36 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 17 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Phaedra first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 1971, to 96 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Phaedra has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,193, in 1971. In 2025 it ranked #7,407.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,407 |
| Best rank | #1,193 (1971) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,674 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Phaedra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Phaedra were born in California than in any other state: about 116 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Phaedra was given 3.1 times as often in California and 1.7 times in New York.
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