Phoebe
1.55k
Babies in 2024
-26%
10-year change
2008
Peak · 2.12k
+3%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Phoebe
Phoebe peaked among UK girls' names in the late 2000s (2,116 babies in 2008) and has remained in active use — 1,549 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Phoebe reached its peak in 2008, when 2,116 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #26 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 1,549 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 47,609 girls have been officially registered with the name Phoebe in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 19,605 girls were registered with the name, starting from 2,102 in 2014 and ending at 1,549 in 2024.