Phaedra
Phaedra was the 7409th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1193rd with 96 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,200 places. More babies were named Phaedra in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,409 girls, down 1,793 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197196 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,902babies recorded
Phaedra popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,409 | 15 |
| 2020 | #5,616 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,944 | 29 |
| 2000 | #7,066 | 15 |
| 1990 | #6,753 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,783 | 33 |
| 1970 | #1,469 | 69 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Phaedra, counting every spelling?
Phaedra is the most common spelling of a name family that had 15 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 15 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phaedra | 15 | #7,409 | 106 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Phaedra?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Phaedra (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Phaedra born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Phaedra.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Phaedra?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Phaedra are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 18 and 54. That makes Phaedra mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Phaedra: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Phaedra, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Phaedra
How popular is the name Phaedra?
Phaedra was the 7409th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1193rd with 96 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,200 places. More babies were named Phaedra in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Phaedra a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Phaedra in the US.