Phoebe
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Phoebe is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “bright, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 13th for girls in the UK (1,681 babies) and 157th for girls in the US (1,885 babies).
What does Phoebe mean?
Greek: from Phoibe
“bright, radiant”
In Greek myth Phoebe was a Titaness linked with the moon; Saint Paul commends a Phoebe in his letter to the Romans.
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Is Phoebe a girl's or a boy's name?
Phoebe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,681 girls in the UK and 1,885 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Phoebe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #13among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,681about 1 in 170 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 8.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,681 girls in the UK were named Phoebe, making it the 13th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 26th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 2,220 girls.
Half of all the girls named Phoebe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 14th in England and Wales, 47th in Scotland and 25th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#43), 2014 (#22) and 2024 (#17).
Phoebe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,681 | #13 |
| 2024 | 1,683 | #20 |
| 2023 | 1,645 | #23 |
| 2022 | 1,648 | #26 |
| 2021 | 1,790 | #25 |
| 2020 | 1,625 | #26 |
| 2019 | 1,850 | #23 |
| 2018 | 1,989 | #24 |
| 2017 | 2,130 | #21 |
| 2016 | 2,094 | #25 |
| 2015 | 2,182 | #22 |
| 2014 | 2,220 | #23 |
| 2013 | 2,086 | #27 |
| 2012 | 1,907 | #30 |
| 2011 | 2,103 | #28 |
| 2010 | 2,111 | #30 |
| 2009 | 2,160 | #31 |
| 2008 | 2,214 | #30 |
| 2007 | 1,832 | #32 |
| 2006 | 1,697 | #37 |
| 2005 | 1,621 | #40 |
| 2004 | 1,331 | #51 |
| 2003 | 1,209 | #50 |
| 2002 | 1,201 | #47 |
| 2001 | 1,290 | #45 |
| 2000 | 1,362 | #43 |
| 1999 | 1,475 | #42 |
| 1998 | 1,408 | #46 |
| 1997 | 1,098 | #60 |
| 1996 | 933 | #71 |
How popular is Phoebe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #157among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,885about 1 in 850 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.6%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,885 girls in the US were named Phoebe, making it the 157th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 253rd.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had the most girls named Phoebe of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Phoebe in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Phoebe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,885 | #157 |
| 2024 | 1,647 | #183 |
| 2023 | 1,591 | #191 |
| 2022 | 1,384 | #212 |
| 2021 | 1,240 | #247 |
| 2020 | 1,181 | #253 |
| 2019 | 1,149 | #291 |
| 2018 | 1,027 | #320 |
| 2017 | 1,021 | #318 |
| 2016 | 1,036 | #314 |
| 2015 | 1,119 | #288 |
| 2014 | 1,104 | #296 |
| 2013 | 1,065 | #301 |
| 2012 | 1,061 | #301 |
| 2011 | 1,023 | #310 |
| 2010 | 1,040 | #308 |
| 2009 | 1,018 | #322 |
| 2008 | 959 | #348 |
| 2007 | 988 | #337 |
| 2006 | 890 | #365 |
| 2005 | 730 | #425 |
| 2004 | 752 | #405 |
| 2003 | 689 | #436 |
| 2002 | 665 | #436 |
| 2001 | 752 | #389 |
| 2000 | 642 | #439 |
| 1999 | 527 | #493 |
| 1998 | 398 | #603 |
| 1997 | 419 | #558 |
| 1996 | 431 | #542 |
| 1995 | 397 | #578 |
| 1994 | 247 | #811 |
| 1993 | 215 | #894 |
| 1992 | 195 | #977 |
| 1991 | 235 | #848 |
| 1990 | 224 | #869 |
| 1989 | 189 | #939 |
| 1988 | 122 | #1,225 |
| 1987 | 109 | #1,280 |
| 1986 | 138 | #1,084 |
| 1985 | 119 | #1,185 |
| 1984 | 106 | #1,225 |
| 1983 | 92 | #1,311 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,489 |
| 1981 | 84 | #1,445 |
| 1980 | 84 | #1,448 |
| 1979 | 100 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 115 | #1,126 |
| 1977 | 151 | #926 |
| 1976 | 107 | #1,117 |
| 1975 | 112 | #1,055 |
| 1974 | 95 | #1,176 |
| 1973 | 118 | #1,001 |
| 1972 | 112 | #1,038 |
| 1971 | 113 | #1,066 |
| 1970 | 111 | #1,080 |
| 1969 | 100 | #1,104 |
| 1968 | 96 | #1,083 |
| 1967 | 137 | #865 |
| 1966 | 106 | #991 |
| 1965 | 75 | #1,240 |
| 1964 | 100 | #1,091 |
| 1963 | 105 | #1,047 |
| 1962 | 108 | #1,038 |
| 1961 | 120 | #987 |
| 1960 | 117 | #992 |
| 1959 | 116 | #981 |
| 1958 | 110 | #987 |
| 1957 | 105 | #1,020 |
| 1956 | 109 | #964 |
| 1955 | 120 | #889 |
| 1954 | 130 | #823 |
| 1953 | 95 | #980 |
| 1952 | 99 | #929 |
| 1951 | 109 | #856 |
| 1950 | 99 | #890 |
| 1949 | 107 | #852 |
| 1948 | 105 | #853 |
| 1947 | 128 | #758 |
| 1946 | 117 | #756 |
| 1945 | 101 | #741 |
| 1944 | 112 | #710 |
| 1943 | 128 | #668 |
| 1942 | 127 | #663 |
| 1941 | 155 | #563 |
| 1940 | 150 | #565 |
| 1939 | 143 | #563 |
| 1938 | 151 | #557 |
| 1937 | 121 | #612 |
| 1936 | 139 | #552 |
| 1935 | 127 | #571 |
| 1934 | 128 | #568 |
| 1933 | 143 | #532 |
| 1932 | 145 | #541 |
| 1931 | 143 | #550 |
| 1930 | 164 | #530 |
| 1929 | 148 | #561 |
| 1928 | 177 | #520 |
| 1927 | 169 | #544 |
| 1926 | 162 | #557 |
| 1925 | 192 | #506 |
| 1924 | 197 | #503 |
| 1923 | 194 | #498 |
| 1922 | 193 | #501 |
| 1921 | 199 | #496 |
| 1920 | 220 | #456 |
| 1919 | 193 | #480 |
| 1918 | 215 | #457 |
| 1917 | 227 | #424 |
| 1916 | 199 | #449 |
| 1915 | 198 | #433 |
| 1914 | 177 | #395 |
| 1913 | 112 | #477 |
| 1912 | 104 | #466 |
| 1911 | 87 | #435 |
| 1910 | 89 | #417 |
| 1909 | 78 | #413 |
| 1908 | 76 | #413 |
| 1907 | 82 | #391 |
| 1906 | 53 | #465 |
| 1905 | 87 | #362 |
| 1904 | 63 | #405 |
| 1903 | 68 | #384 |
| 1902 | 87 | #338 |
| 1901 | 54 | #404 |
| 1900 | 71 | #392 |
| 1899 | 84 | #327 |
| 1898 | 79 | #348 |
| 1897 | 72 | #344 |
| 1896 | 106 | #283 |
| 1895 | 90 | #305 |
| 1894 | 85 | #296 |
| 1893 | 86 | #291 |
| 1892 | 88 | #285 |
| 1891 | 84 | #267 |
| 1890 | 74 | #288 |
| 1889 | 67 | #294 |
| 1888 | 65 | #291 |
| 1887 | 63 | #266 |
| 1886 | 80 | #228 |
| 1885 | 72 | #233 |
| 1884 | 75 | #218 |
| 1883 | 66 | #219 |
| 1882 | 62 | #217 |
| 1881 | 46 | #231 |
| 1880 | 50 | #215 |
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