as a First Name
Pronounced ‘fee-bee’: Latin form of the name of a Greek deity, Phoibē (from phoibos ‘bright’), partly identified with Artemis, goddess of the moon and of hunting, sister of the sun god Apollo, who was also known as Phoibos (Latin Phoebus). The name was very popular in the late 17th century and has again enjoyed considerable popularity since the 1990s.
| 1,842nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 10,249
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 17,102
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Phoebe per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
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8%
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74%
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Top state populations
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