Pheobe
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Pheobe is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “bright, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Pheobe mean?
Greek: variant spelling of Phoebe
“bright, radiant”
A variant spelling of Phoebe, from the Greek Phoibe, a Titaness of Greek myth.
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Is Pheobe a girl's or a boy's name?
Pheobe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pheobe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Pheobe, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 68 girls.
Half of all the girls named Pheobe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,693 girls in the UK were given Pheobe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #17, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Pheobe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 54 | #779 |
| 2013 | 45 | #896 |
| 2012 | 45 | #902 |
| 2011 | 49 | #810 |
| 2010 | 41 | #919 |
| 2009 | 57 | #707 |
| 2008 | 68 | #611 |
| 2007 | 49 | #741 |
| 2006 | 44 | #772 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Pheobe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Pheobe, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Pheobe in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,933 girls in the US were given Pheobe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #189, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Pheobe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,172 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,023 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 9 | #902 |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
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