Phaedra

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Phaedra: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,659 in 2014, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2659highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2003	#3099
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2010	#4012
2012	#3681
2013	#2887
2014	#2659
2015	#2945
2016	#3214
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2020	#3899
2021	#4634
2022	#4645
2024	#4843

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 20 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2659 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Phaedra 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 Phaedra in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	21	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	56	9 of 10	6
2020s	17	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Phaedra appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2659 in England and Wales in 2014.

Phaedra'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,659, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2014Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Akilah · #2659, 21y
Lamia · #2659, 21y
Rhion · #2660, 16y
Heela · #2649, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Akilah · #2659, 21y
Lamia · #2659, 21y
Milen · #2660, 12y
Rhion · #2660, 16y

Phaedra 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 Phaedra without appearing here.

Phaedra moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #4684.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Phaedra

Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3099 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.
Arlo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #3583.
Noah Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #3583.

Moved the opposite way to Phaedra

Frida Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phaedra went from #3099 to #4843 while Frida went from #2727 to #811.
Harper Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phaedra went from #3099 to #4843 while Harper went from #4373 to #22.
Meabh Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phaedra went from #3099 to #4843 while Meabh went from #4373 to #952.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phaedra went from #2887 to #4843 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.

Moved the same way as Phaedra

Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phaedra went from #2887 to #4843 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2659 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Phaedra

Phaedra at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Phaedra by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Phaedra appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Phaedra and the names beside it

Phaedra moved ahead of

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Phaedra at a glance

Phaedra by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Phaedra appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Phaedra and the names beside it

Phaedra moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Phaedra

Moved the opposite way to Phaedra

Moved the same way as Phaedra