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How popular is the name Pheobe?
Births per year, rank history and how many Pheobes are alive today.
Pheobe (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Phoebe in England and Wales, ranked 3333rd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2008, when 65 babies were given the name, the 580th most popular that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2025 figure is roughly 11% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Phoebe you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Phoebes born in England and Wales are between 9 and 24, and there are at least 56,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 16% chance that at least one of them will be called Phoebe.
How many babies are named Pheobe each year?
Includes all spellings: Pheobe, Phoebe. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Pheobe spelling rank?
Where does the Phoebe spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Pheobe most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Phoebe, peaked in 2008, when 2,181 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Pheobe spelling itself peaked in 2008, with 65 babies.
How many people are called Pheobe?
At least 56,000 people named Pheobe in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Pheobe?
Most living Pheobes are between 9 and 24; the most common age is about 17.
Is Pheobe becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.