Phebe
Girl · FEE-bee · Greek
Phebe is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “bright, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Phebe mean?
Greek: 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.
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Is Phebe a girl's or a boy's name?
Phebe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Phebe in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Phebe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Phebe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Phebe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Phebe, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 45 girls.
Half of all the girls named Phebe in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 2003. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 1,933 girls in the US were given Phebe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #189, up from #5,553 for this spelling alone.
Phebe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,585 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,145 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,544 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,750 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,684 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,498 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,783 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,770 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,503 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,440 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,481 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,228 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,176 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,218 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,031 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 15 | #990 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,001 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 15 | #903 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 22 | #780 |
| 1899 | 12 | #935 |
| 1898 | 15 | #886 |
| 1897 | 18 | #735 |
| 1896 | 19 | #728 |
| 1895 | 22 | #658 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 21 | #630 |
| 1892 | 22 | #590 |
| 1891 | 24 | #524 |
| 1890 | 20 | #578 |
| 1889 | 30 | #439 |
| 1888 | 17 | #612 |
| 1887 | 20 | #499 |
| 1886 | 19 | #508 |
| 1885 | 32 | #354 |
| 1884 | 10 | #686 |
| 1883 | 13 | #536 |
| 1882 | 25 | #352 |
| 1881 | 20 | #374 |
| 1880 | 15 | #435 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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