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How popular is “Phoebe” in the USA?

Number of people named “Phoebe” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Phoebe” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Phoebe” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Phoebe” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Phoebe” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Phoebe” by birth year

This chart shows how “Phoebe” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 50 0.000248159 50 100%
1881 46 0.000238728 46 100%
1882 62 0.000279868 62 100%
1883 66 0.000304223 66 100%
1884 75 0.000308058 75 100%
1885 72 0.000298936 72 100%
1886 80 0.000313337 80 100%
1887 63 0.000254657 63 100%
1888 65 0.000217047 65 100%
1889 67 0.000231877 67 100%
1890 74 0.00024552 74 100%
1891 84 0.000293017 84 100%
1892 88 0.000263178 88 100%
1893 86 0.000264434 86 100%
1894 85 0.000250967 85 100%
1895 90 0.000256396 90 100%
1896 106 0.000296517 106 100%
1897 72 0.000207519 72 100%
1898 79 0.000207102 79 100%
1899 84 0.000247617 84 100%
1900 71 0.000157687 71 100%
1901 54 0.000156154 54 100%
1902 87 0.000224961 87 100%
1903 68 0.000178384 68 100%
1904 63 0.00015614 63 100%
1905 87 0.000205226 87 100%
1906 53 0.000123701 53 100%
1907 82 0.000176196 82 100%
1908 76 0.000155531 76 100%
1909 78 0.000152575 78 100%
1910 89 0.000150666 89 100%
1911 87 0.000135035 87 100%
1912 104 0.000105257 104 100%
1913 112 0.000098495 112 100%
1914 177 0.00012497 177 100%
1915 198 0.000108053 198 100%
1916 199 0.000102873 199 100%
1917 227 0.000113118 227 100%
1918 215 0.000099028 215 100%
1919 193 0.000091459 193 100%
1920 220 0.000097231 220 100%
1921 199 0.000085243 199 100%
1922 193 0.000084311 193 100%
1923 194 0.000084257 194 100%
1924 197 0.000082717 197 100%
1925 192 0.000082287 192 100%
1926 162 0.00007056 162 100%
1927 169 0.000072865 169 100%
1928 177 0.000078286 177 100%
1929 148 0.000067513 148 100%
1930 164 0.000073765 164 100%
1931 143 0.000067953 143 100%
1932 145 0.000068678 145 100%
1933 143 0.00007152 143 100%
1934 128 0.000061633 128 100%
1935 127 0.000060768 127 100%
1936 139 0.000066905 139 100%
1937 121 0.00005679 121 100%
1938 151 0.000068246 151 100%
1939 143 0.000064898 143 100%
1940 150 0.000065141 150 100%
1941 155 0.000063618 155 100%
1942 127 0.000046489 127 100%
1943 128 0.000045349 128 100%
1944 112 0.000041634 112 100%
1945 101 0.000038071 101 100%
1946 117 0.000036616 117 100%
1947 127 0.000035255 127 100%
1948 105 0.000030413 105 100%
1949 107 0.000030705 107 100%
1950 99 0.000028259 99 100%
1951 109 0.00002959 109 100%
1952 99 0.000026066 99 100%
1953 95 0.000024652 95 100%
1954 130 0.000032658 130 100%
1955 120 0.000029887 120 100%
1956 109 0.000026437 109 100%
1957 105 0.000024987 105 100%
1958 110 0.000026609 110 100%
1959 116 0.000027898 116 100%
1960 117 0.000028167 117 100%
1961 120 0.000028969 120 100%
1962 108 0.000026763 108 100%
1963 105 0.000026527 105 100%
1964 100 0.000025723 100 100%
1965 75 0.000020687 75 100%
1966 106 0.000030498 106 100%
1967 137 0.000040355 137 100%
1968 96 0.000028416 96 100%
1969 100 0.000028774 100 100%
1970 111 0.000030778 111 100%
1971 113 0.000032922 113 100%
1972 112 0.000035635 112 100%
1973 118 0.000039113 118 100%
1974 95 0.00003125 95 100%
1975 112 0.000037094 112 100%
1976 107 0.000035263 107 100%
1977 151 0.000047537 151 100%
1978 115 0.000036233 115 100%
1979 100 0.000030057 100 100%
1980 84 0.000024387 84 100%
1981 84 0.000024282 84 100%
1982 80 0.000022805 80 100%
1983 92 0.000026564 92 100%
1984 106 0.000030383 106 100%
1985 119 0.000033342 119 100%
1986 138 0.000038796 138 100%
1987 109 0.000030231 109 100%
1988 122 0.000033017 122 100%
1989 189 0.000049162 189 100%
1990 225 0.000056926 225 100%
1991 235 0.00006033 235 100%
1992 195 0.000050764 195 100%
1993 215 0.000057025 215 100%
1994 248 0.000066709 248 100%
1995 397 0.000108406 397 100%
1996 431 0.000118173 431 100%
1997 419 0.000115562 419 100%
1998 398 0.000108205 398 100%
1999 527 0.000142669 527 100%
2000 642 0.000169846 642 100%
2001 752 0.000200887 752 100%
2002 665 0.000177889 665 100%
2003 689 0.000181205 689 100%
2004 757 0.00019812 752 5 99%
2005 730 0.000189865 730 100%
2006 890 0.000224964 890 100%
2007 988 0.000247143 988 100%
2008 959 0.000243979 959 100%
2009 1018 0.00026648 1018 100%
2010 1040 0.000281405 1040 100%
2011 1023 0.000279677 1023 100%
2012 1060 0.000289826 1060 100%
2013 1065 0.000292128 1065 100%
2014 1104 0.000297865 1104 100%
2015 1118 0.000302088 1118 100%
2016 1034 0.000281844 1034 100%
2017 1021 0.000285499 1021 100%
2018 1026 0.000291817 1026 100%
2019 1149 0.000331035 1149 100%
2020 1181 0.000353532 1181 100%
2021 1240 0.000366003 1240 100%
2022 1382 0.000408497 1382 100%
2023 1590 0.000480189 1590 100%
2024 1639 0.000492414 1639 100%

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