Girl name#576 of girl names
Phoebe
Pronounced F IY1 B IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
How popular is Phoebe?
Phoebe is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 44,699 children — the 576th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2024, when 1,661 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- F IY1 B IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Phoebe
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Phoebe
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Phoebe?
- Phoebe ranks 576th among girls' names in US records, with 44,699 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 12,680.
- Is Phoebe a unisex name?
- No. Phoebe is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Phoebe most popular?
- 2024, when 1,661 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.