The name Phoebe is of Greek origin, and means shining.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Phoebe has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Phoebe
Use of the Name Phoebe for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
16,732
7,906
6,938
5,639
3,476
1,422
737
The table below indicates the number of times the name Phoebe has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Phoebe
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
217
50
1881
233
46
1882
220
62
1883
222
66
1884
219
75
1885
235
72
1886
231
80
1887
267
63
1888
294
65
1889
298
67
1890
289
74
1891
270
84
1892
287
88
1893
292
86
1894
298
85
1895
307
90
1896
285
106
1897
346
72
1898
348
79
1899
328
84
1900
396
71
1901
409
54
1902
339
87
1903
386
68
1904
406
63
1905
365
87
1906
470
53
1907
393
82
1908
415
76
1909
414
78
1910
417
90
1911
437
87
1912
465
105
1913
479
112
1914
396
176
1915
433
198
1916
452
198
1917
426
227
1918
457
215
1919
480
193
1920
457
220
1921
500
198
1922
499
194
1923
500
193
1924
502
198
1925
507
192
1926
560
162
1927
546
168
1928
519
178
1929
565
147
1930
534
163
1931
550
144
1932
543
145
1933
532
143
1934
573
127
1935
573
127
1936
553
139
1937
614
121
1938
558
151
1939
563
143
1940
567
150
1941
563
154
1942
664
129
1943
674
127
1944
716
112
1945
746
101
1946
766
116
1947
767
126
1948
854
105
1949
857
107
1950
894
99
1951
861
109
1952
940
98
1953
978
96
1954
827
130
1955
894
120
1956
969
109
1957
1958
990
110
1959
979
117
1960
1961
995
119
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
997
106
1967
871
137
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
931
150
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
946
188
1990
871
224
1991
860
233
1992
980
194
1993
902
213
1994
817
247
1995
583
394
1996
542
432
1997
559
418
1998
607
396
1999
494
523
2000
439
641
2001
387
749
2002
436
664
2003
436
685
2004
407
737
Totals:
16,732
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Phoebe as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Phoebe appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 99 times during the last 125 years.