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How popular is the name Phoebe?
Births per year, rank history and how many Phoebes are alive today.
Phoebe (female) is currently the 17th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 1,549 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2008, when 2,116 babies were given the name, the 26th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2017, with 2,000 babies given the name that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 47,000 babies have been named Phoebe in England and Wales since 1996.
The Phoebe you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Phoebes born in England and Wales are between 10 and 25, and there are at least 53,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 15% chance that at least one of them will be called Phoebe.
How many babies are named Phoebe each year?
Where does Phoebe rank among girls' names?
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 Phoebe most popular?
Phoebe peaked in 2008, when 2,116 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Phoebe?
At least 53,000 people named Phoebe born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Phoebe?
Most living Phoebes are between 10 and 25; the most common age is about 17.
Is Phoebe becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.