Pheobe
Pheobe is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 903rd, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200949 births
- Best rank
- #903in 1885
- Since 1882
- 1,120people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,120 girls have been named Pheobe in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 49 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 2000s alone account for 22%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Pheobe | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 40 | |
| 1890s | 61 | |
| 1900s | 31 | |
| 1910s | 88 | |
| 1920s | 112 | |
| 1930s | 68 | |
| 1940s | 21 | |
| 1950s | 30 | |
| 1960s | 43 | |
| 1970s | 29 | |
| 1990s | 64 | |
| 2000s | 243 | |
| 2010s | 218 | |
| 2020s | 72 |
In 2009, its biggest year
Pheobe was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2009 were Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Pheobe
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alliepeak 2010
- Ellapeak 2010
- Sadiepeak 2014
- Emelinepeak 2016
- Gracepeak 2003
- Binapeak 2019
- Lilliapeak 2013
- Elsapeak 2014
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.