Pheobe

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pheobe: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Pheobe: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #528 in 1999, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#528highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1802
1998	#1823
1999	#1393
2000	#1250
2001	#1359
2002	#1245
2003	#1325
2004	#1158
2005	#1121
2006	#739
2007	#693
2008	#580
2009	#664
2010	#862
2011	#766
2012	#887
2013	#839
2014	#740
2015	#1088
2016	#1211
2017	#1184
2018	#1887
2019	#1940
2020	#1556
2021	#1569
2022	#2673
2023	#2927
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2017: #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1184 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2017
Highest recorded position: #528 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1999–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Pheobe appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 758 births with the name.

Pheobe across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Pheobe's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#580 (2008)	#5891 (2024)	29 of 29	758 (1996–2024)	65 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#528 (1999)	#528 (1999)	#873 (2017)	2 of 19	6 (1999–2017)	3 (1999)

Pheobe by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pheobe in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	38	4 of 10	10
2000s	314	10 of 10	31
2010sbusiest	348	10 of 10	35
2020s	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 35 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Pheobe appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #528 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Pheobe's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1184	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1211	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1088	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#740	53	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#839	45	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#887	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#766	49	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#862	41	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#664	55	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#580	65	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#693	49	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#739	42	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1393	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #528, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 65 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Caira · #528, 24y
Anaiya · #527, 25y
Bob · #529, 25y
Brook · #527, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Caira · #528, 24y
Moesha · #528, 10y
Romilly · #528, 29y
Usmaan · #528, 29y

Pheobe was ranked #528 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Pheobe and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pheobe without appearing here.

Pheobe moved ahead of

Therese Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1802 and #3174.
Helene Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1823 and #1823 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1393 and #2444.
Finlay Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1325 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1158 and #1952.
Vicki Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1823 and #1319 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1393 and #1970.

Moved ahead of Pheobe

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #1743.
Logan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Finley Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2673 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.

Moved the opposite way to Pheobe

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pheobe went from #2096 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pheobe went from #2096 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pheobe went from #2096 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pheobe went from #2096 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Pheobe

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pheobe went from #2096 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pheobe went from #2096 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pheobe went from #2096 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pheobe went from #2096 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #528 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pheobe

Pheobe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pheobe across 2 official records

Pheobe by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Pheobe appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Pheobe at a glance

Pheobe across 2 official records

Pheobe by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Pheobe appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Pheobe

Pheobe and the names beside it

Pheobe moved ahead of

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