Phil

Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#260
1947 · 659 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,036
since 1880

Phil over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Phil has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #260, 1947boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,67910
2024—#10,9386
2023—#8,2559
2022—#8,9908
2021—#7,58710
2020—#8,0679
2019—#6,10414
2018—#6,34513
2017—#5,11118
2016—#5,55516
2015—#5,28917
2014—#6,63212
2013—#5,40416
2012—#5,25617
2011—#8,7678
2010—#8,8038
2009—#6,09514
2008—#4,26723
2007—#4,64020
2006—#4,86518
2005—#3,71025
2004—#4,60218
2003—#4,81516
2002—#3,90921
2001—#4,12119
2000—#3,42324
1999—#3,98618
1998—#3,19124
1997—#3,06424
1996—#2,29935
1995—#3,10022
1994—#2,08239
1993—#2,34732
1992—#2,17435
1991—#1,72547
1990—#1,94639
1989—#1,65847
1988—#1,57646
1987—#1,70939
1986—#1,53543
1985—#1,97529
1984—#1,65635
1983—#1,39945
1982—#1,24256
1981—#1,10168
1980—#1,34149
1979—#1,15461
1978—#1,21454
1977—#1,07165
1976—#95776
1975—#98469
1974—#1,03563
1973—#88581
1972—#724121
1971—#690144
1970—#657155
1969—#559195
1968—#544193
1967—#517210
1966—#463271
1965—#412359
1964—#357478
1963—#357474
1962—#317613
1961—#311634
1960#6,3905#314626
1959—#300677
1958#6,1035#320576
1957—#340495
1956—#416335
1955—#425297
1954#5,7535#472236
1953—#445258
1952#4,9086#437256
1951—#400288
1950—#357359
1949#5,2445#328438
1948—#281575
1947—#260659
1946—#276543
1945#4,5565#303387
1944—#296407
1943#4,6915#306415
1942—#303405
1941—#294392
1940—#296354
1939—#306332
1938—#311310
1937—#317289
1936—#319285
1935—#338264
1934—#327273
1933—#375209
1932—#381217
1931—#392207
1930—#431185
1929—#467157
1928#4,7255#491153
1927#4,2866#467168
1926#4,3066#482155
1925—#516140
1924#4,0027#499154
1923#3,9717#491156
1922—#537136
1921—#494157
1920—#535130
1919—#521130
1918—#474155
1917—#497133
1916—#551108
1915—#507120
1914—#483101
1913—#50773
1912#2,9795#52157
1911—#56229
1910—#49232
1909—#54523
1908—#48926
1907—#48623
1906—#54718
1905—#49121
1904—#46621
1903—#47020
1902—#42623
1901—#40721
1900—#49022
1899—#52114
1898—#47319
1897—#39223
1896—#50017
1895—#52915
1894—#43919
1893—#47915
1892—#42220
1891—#44116
1890—#38921
1889—#41519
1888—#46417
1887—#42016
1886—#41718
1885—#49814
1884—#41619
1883—#34623
1882—#51413
1881—#39518
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Phil was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2022–2024, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

See more about Phil
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3,259 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #7,679)
  • 388 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #7,679)
  • 2,390 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #7,679)
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1883 (#514 → #346)
  • Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1973 (#724 → #885)
Rise & fade · boys
67 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1947 at #260 (659 births)
  • Births halved by 1951, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 96 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,776
  • Highest: 1 in 2,776 boys born in 1947 were named Phil (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 22.8% of all boys named Phil (4,575) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s169#346 (1883)#441
1890s179#389 (1890)#459
1900s218#407 (1901)#482
1910s938#474 (1918)#512
1920s1,506#467 (1927)#498
1930s2,571#306 (1939)#350
1940s4,575#260 (1947)#294
1950s3,777#300 (1959)#391
1960s4,053#311 (1961)#415
1970s889#657 (1970)#937
1980s457#1,101 (1981)#1,519
1990s315#1,725 (1991)#2,591
2000s198#3,423 (2000)#4,445
2010s139#5,111 (2017)#6,327
2020s52#7,587 (2021)#8,586

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Phil in 1892

boys
#422
20 births · 1 in 6,102 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #422Phil20
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 6,102 of them was named Phil, which outranked 66.5% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Phil
  1. #415Steven21
  2. #415Tommie21
  3. #415Wendell21
  4. #422Phil20
  5. #422Alford20
  6. #422Anna20
  7. #422Arther20
  8. #445Adolphus19
  9. #445Carey19
  10. #445Cloyd19

Tied with 22 names at #422; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1892 →