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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

PhoebeIn Hebrew: פיבי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Phoebe (Hebrew: פיבי) is a girl's name of international origin. 275 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1952, with 18 babies.

People in Israel
275
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1952
18 babies
USA, 2025
1,885
rank #157

Writing and saying Phoebe

In Hebrew letters the name is פיבי, read right to left. Phoebe is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Phoebe by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Phoebe: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Phoebe in English-speaking countries

Phoebe in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,885#1572025 (1,885)
United Kingdom20251,681#132014 (2,220)
England and Wales20251,542#142008 (2,116)
Scotland202587#472023 (88)
Northern Ireland202552#252022 (52)
Ireland202549#972022 (70)
British Columbia202327#1092023 (27)
Alberta202527#1492017 (28)
Quebec202512#4122022 (23)
New South Wales2025107#652004 (147)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Phoebe has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Phoebe

How do you write Phoebe in Hebrew?

Phoebe is written פיבי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Phoebe?

275 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פיבי: 275 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Phoebe a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named פיבי are women.

Is Phoebe used outside Israel?

The name Phoebe appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,885 girls were given it in 2025 (#157), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,681 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.