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
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 659 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,036since 1880
Phil over time
Rank among boys' names. Phil has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,104 | 14 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,289 | 17 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,404 | 16 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,267 | 23 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,640 | 20 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,865 | 18 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,710 | 25 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,121 | 19 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,423 | 24 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,986 | 18 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,064 | 24 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,299 | 35 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,100 | 22 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,082 | 39 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,347 | 32 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,174 | 35 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,725 | 47 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,946 | 39 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,658 | 47 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,576 | 46 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,709 | 39 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,535 | 43 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,975 | 29 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,656 | 35 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,399 | 45 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,242 | 56 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,101 | 68 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,341 | 49 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,154 | 61 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,214 | 54 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,071 | 65 | |
| 1976 | — | #957 | 76 | |
| 1975 | — | #984 | 69 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,035 | 63 | |
| 1973 | — | #885 | 81 | |
| 1972 | — | #724 | 121 | |
| 1971 | — | #690 | 144 | |
| 1970 | — | #657 | 155 | |
| 1969 | — | #559 | 195 | |
| 1968 | — | #544 | 193 | |
| 1967 | — | #517 | 210 | |
| 1966 | — | #463 | 271 | |
| 1965 | — | #412 | 359 | |
| 1964 | — | #357 | 478 | |
| 1963 | — | #357 | 474 | |
| 1962 | — | #317 | 613 | |
| 1961 | — | #311 | 634 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #314 | 626 |
| 1959 | — | #300 | 677 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #320 | 576 |
| 1957 | — | #340 | 495 | |
| 1956 | — | #416 | 335 | |
| 1955 | — | #425 | 297 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #472 | 236 |
| 1953 | — | #445 | 258 | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #437 | 256 |
| 1951 | — | #400 | 288 | |
| 1950 | — | #357 | 359 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #328 | 438 |
| 1948 | — | #281 | 575 | |
| 1947 | — | #260 | 659 | |
| 1946 | — | #276 | 543 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #303 | 387 |
| 1944 | — | #296 | 407 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #306 | 415 |
| 1942 | — | #303 | 405 | |
| 1941 | — | #294 | 392 | |
| 1940 | — | #296 | 354 | |
| 1939 | — | #306 | 332 | |
| 1938 | — | #311 | 310 | |
| 1937 | — | #317 | 289 | |
| 1936 | — | #319 | 285 | |
| 1935 | — | #338 | 264 | |
| 1934 | — | #327 | 273 | |
| 1933 | — | #375 | 209 | |
| 1932 | — | #381 | 217 | |
| 1931 | — | #392 | 207 | |
| 1930 | — | #431 | 185 | |
| 1929 | — | #467 | 157 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #491 | 153 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #467 | 168 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #482 | 155 |
| 1925 | — | #516 | 140 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #499 | 154 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #491 | 156 |
| 1922 | — | #537 | 136 | |
| 1921 | — | #494 | 157 | |
| 1920 | — | #535 | 130 | |
| 1919 | — | #521 | 130 | |
| 1918 | — | #474 | 155 | |
| 1917 | — | #497 | 133 | |
| 1916 | — | #551 | 108 | |
| 1915 | — | #507 | 120 | |
| 1914 | — | #483 | 101 | |
| 1913 | — | #507 | 73 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #521 | 57 |
| 1911 | — | #562 | 29 | |
| 1910 | — | #492 | 32 | |
| 1909 | — | #545 | 23 | |
| 1908 | — | #489 | 26 | |
| 1907 | — | #486 | 23 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #491 | 21 | |
| 1904 | — | #466 | 21 | |
| 1903 | — | #470 | 20 | |
| 1902 | — | #426 | 23 | |
| 1901 | — | #407 | 21 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #473 | 19 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #500 | 17 | |
| 1895 | — | #529 | 15 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #441 | 16 | |
| 1890 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #417 | 18 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1883 | — | #346 | 23 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1947 at #260 (659 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1973
- 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%)
- 22.8% of all boys named Phil (4,575) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 169 | #346 (1883) | #441 |
| 1890s | 179 | #389 (1890) | #459 |
| 1900s | 218 | #407 (1901) | #482 |
| 1910s | 938 | #474 (1918) | #512 |
| 1920s | 1,506 | #467 (1927) | #498 |
| 1930s | 2,571 | #306 (1939) | #350 |
| 1940s | 4,575 | #260 (1947) | #294 |
| 1950s | 3,777 | #300 (1959) | #391 |
| 1960s | 4,053 | #311 (1961) | #415 |
| 1970s | 889 | #657 (1970) | #937 |
| 1980s | 457 | #1,101 (1981) | #1,519 |
| 1990s | 315 | #1,725 (1991) | #2,591 |
| 2000s | 198 | #3,423 (2000) | #4,445 |
| 2010s | 139 | #5,111 (2017) | #6,327 |
| 2020s | 52 | #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 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 172,338 of them was named Phil, which outranked 30.8% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,641Zara8
- #3,641Zoila8
- #3,641Zulema8
- #3,971Phil7
- #3,971Adam7
- #3,971Adelaine7
- #3,971Adgie7
- #4,376Aberdeen6
- #4,376Acie6
- #4,376Adalyn6
Tied with 404 names at #3,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 7,026 of them was named Phil, which outranked 90.0% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).