girl's name

Phebe

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,329

Phebe is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2011, when 45 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Phebe over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Phebe by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 201
1890s 181
1900s 127
1910s 244
1920s 238
1930s 191
1940s 189
1950s 132
1960s 147
1970s 167
1980s 139
1990s 169
2000s 324
2010s 348
2020s (to 2025) 161

How popular is Phebe?

In 2025, Phebe was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Phebe is used

Canada #2,998 6 in 2011
United States #5,611 22 in 2025
France #5,629 5 in 2008
England & Wales #6,621 3 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Phebe

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Phebe also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Phebe over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Phebe

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Phebe — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Phebe

How popular is the name Phebe?

In 2025, Phebe was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Phebe a girl's or a boy's name?

Phebe is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Phebe?

Phebe has 2 syllables.

When was Phebe most popular?

Phebe peaked in 2011, when 45 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Phebe a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Phebe currently ranks #5,611 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.