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Phoebe
Pronounced /ˈfiːbi/
Rank in 2024
#183
Born in 2024
1,639
Peak year
2024 · #183
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,639 girls were named Phoebe, about 1 in every 984.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 41,758 girls have been named Phoebe since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Phoebe per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,775 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Silent: 2,502 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,098 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,732 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,985 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 12,552 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 14,549 babies, 0.72 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Latin Phoebē, from Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”).
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈfiːbi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Phoebe, CC BY-SA 4.0.