Feminine dossier · first seen 1963

Phaedra

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Phaedra
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1971

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1963Peak 19712024

Peak year

1971

Decline from peak

79.2%

2024

All-time

1,885

Phaedra has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1971, when 96 girls were named Phaedra.

In 2024, only 20 girls were given the name.

Down 79.2% from its peak.

All told, about 1,885 Americans have been named Phaedra and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1963.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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