Phaedra
Girl · Greek
Phaedra is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Phaedra mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Phaedra a girl's or a boy's name?
Phaedra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Phaedra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Phaedra, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Phaedra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Phaedra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Phaedra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Phaedra, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1971, with 96 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer girls named Phaedra than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Phaedra in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Phaedra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 54 | #1,857 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,883 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,780 |
| 1974 | 68 | #1,464 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,666 |
| 1972 | 78 | #1,303 |
| 1971 | 96 | #1,187 |
| 1970 | 69 | #1,464 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,635 |
| 1968 | 57 | #1,504 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,064 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 70 | #1,319 |
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