Febe
Girl · FEE-bee · Greek
Febe is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “bright, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Febe mean?
Greek: spelling of Phebe, itself a variant of Phoebe
“bright, radiant”
Phebe is the King James Bible spelling of Phoebe, the woman Saint Paul commends in his letter to the Romans.
- Say it
- FEE-bee
Meaning borrowed from Phebe.
Is Febe a girl's or a boy's name?
Febe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Febe in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4 girls.
Febe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Febe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Febe, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2015, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1926.
2025 had more girls named Febe than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Febe in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,933 girls in the US were given Febe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #189, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Febe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
Names like Febe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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