How Many People Are Named Phoebe?
people named Phoebe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,557 people in the US has this name
Based on 43,663 babies named Phoebe in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,885 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβη (Phoibe), which meant "bright, pure" from Greek φοιβος (phoibos). In Greek mythology Phoibe was a Titan associated with the moon. This was also an epithet of her granddaughter, the moon goddess Artemis. The name appears in Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament, where it belongs to a female minister in the church at Cenchreae. In England, it began to be used as a given name after the Protestant Reformation. A moon of Saturn bears this name (in honour of the Titan).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Phoebe in English. Counting Phoebe and these spellings together, about 38,166 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Phoebe in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Phoebe alive today is about 19 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Phoebe first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 1,885 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Phoebe has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #157, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #157.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #157 |
| Best rank | #157 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #295 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Phoebe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Phoebe were born in California than in any other state: about 4,535 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Phoebe was given 3 times as often in Maine, 3 times in Vermont and 2.3 times in New Hampshire.
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