How rare is the name Phoebe?

28,467 people in the United States have the first name Phoebe, about 1 in 10,610. It ranks #1,293 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PHOEBE

#1,293

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
28,467
About
1 in 10,610
This common or more
73.5%
Who bears it

Of the 28,467 people named Phoebe, 69.2% reported their origin as White, 11.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Phoebe peaked in 2025, when 1,885 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,885
In 2025*
1,885
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 43,663 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Phoebe by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #442. The largest share of babies named Phoebe, 37.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#442646
1890s#489848
1900s#629719
1910s#8191,601
1920s#9381,851
1930s#1,0181,404
1940s#1,2521,230
1950s#1,6041,092
1960s#1,7501,064
1970s#1,8251,134
1980s#2,0431,123
1990s#1,2413,288
2000s#7548,090
2010s#62210,645
2020s#4478,928
Before 19013.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.6%
Silent Generation 1928–455.7%
Baby boom 1946–644.8%
Generation X 1965–804%
Millennials 1981–966.8%
Generation Z 1997–1228.8%
2013 and later37.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Phoebe is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Phoebe has been most common in Maine (2.1×), New Hampshire (2.1×), and Utah (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.26×).

35,392 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Phoebe

#1,291 Mattie · 28,503#1,292 Martina · 28,494#1,294 Keira · 28,424#1,295 Tammie · 28,415

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Phoebe, most common first.

#8,357 Phebe · 1,740#48,183 Phobe · 133#51,342 Phoebie · 114

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