Phebe Girl
How popular is Phebe?
#5,553 girl name in 2025
22 baby girls were named Phebe in the US in 2025, making it the 5553rd most popular girl name.
Phebe popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,553 for girls (▲ 59 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 22 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,724 in 2015, #4,451 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (45 girls) |
| Highest rank | #352 in 1882 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Phebe counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Phebe family of names ranked #3,033 for girls in 2025 (#3,302 the year before), with 32 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Phebe | 22 | 69% |
| Febe | 10 | 31% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Phebe is most popular
Babies named Phebe per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Phebe by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 201 | #352 |
| 1890s | 181 | #524 |
| 1900s | 127 | #780 |
| 1910s | 244 | #1,031 |
| 1920s | 238 | #1,409 |
| 1930s | 191 | #1,498 |
| 1940s | 189 | #1,544 |
| 1950s | 132 | #2,591 |
| 1960s | 147 | #2,585 |
| 1970s | 167 | #3,008 |
| 1980s | 139 | #4,024 |
| 1990s | 169 | #4,448 |
| 2000s | 324 | #3,583 |
| 2010s | 348 | #3,495 |
| 2020s | 161 | #4,189 |
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Questions
- Is Phebe a boy or girl name?
- Phebe is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Phebe were girls.
- How popular is the name Phebe?
- 22 baby girls were named Phebe in the US in 2025, making it the 5553rd most popular girl name.
- When was Phebe most popular?
- Phebe peaked in 2011, when 45 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #352 in 1882.
- How many people are named Phebe?
- 2,958 babies have been named Phebe in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,702 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Phebe most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Phebe was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.