Philip
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · #527 for boys in 2025, 568 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1941 · 4,166 births
- Debut · boys
- 186 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 108 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 344,036since 1880
Philip over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #527 | 568 | |
| 2024 | — | #520 | 588 | |
| 2023 | — | #499 | 605 | |
| 2022 | — | #491 | 619 | |
| 2021 | — | #451 | 675 | |
| 2020 | — | #453 | 658 | |
| 2019 | — | #439 | 696 | |
| 2018 | — | #436 | 693 | |
| 2017 | — | #426 | 729 | |
| 2016 | — | #435 | 712 | |
| 2015 | — | #432 | 708 | |
| 2014 | — | #389 | 799 | |
| 2013 | — | #387 | 769 | |
| 2012 | — | #408 | 715 | |
| 2011 | — | #406 | 696 | |
| 2010 | — | #403 | 699 | |
| 2009 | — | #393 | 765 | |
| 2008 | — | #377 | 817 | |
| 2007 | — | #358 | 881 | |
| 2006 | — | #341 | 909 | |
| 2005 | — | #325 | 993 | |
| 2004 | — | #307 | 1,019 | |
| 2003 | — | #289 | 1,075 | |
| 2002 | — | #263 | 1,201 | |
| 2001 | — | #267 | 1,221 | |
| 2000 | — | #255 | 1,312 | |
| 1999 | — | #240 | 1,326 | |
| 1998 | — | #214 | 1,499 | |
| 1997 | — | #195 | 1,661 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #185 | 1,725 |
| 1995 | — | #180 | 1,757 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #168 | 1,896 |
| 1993 | — | #147 | 2,270 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #138 | 2,434 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #120 | 2,749 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #111 | 3,143 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #101 | 3,330 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #94 | 3,373 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #84 | 3,837 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | #86 | 3,665 |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 | #84 | 3,735 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #81 | 3,519 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #82 | 3,488 |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | #79 | 3,642 |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 | #84 | 3,581 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | #82 | 3,563 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #83 | 3,460 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | #84 | 3,298 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #90 | 3,093 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | #89 | 2,943 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | #85 | 3,011 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #86 | 2,967 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #91 | 2,997 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #104 | 2,776 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #94 | 3,302 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #92 | 3,520 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #86 | 3,540 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | #82 | 3,622 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #82 | 3,786 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #86 | 3,954 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #87 | 4,278 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #76 | 4,977 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | #83 | 4,757 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #81 | 5,069 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | #79 | 5,288 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #76 | 5,509 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | #68 | 5,862 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #67 | 5,832 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | #68 | 6,012 |
| 1956 | — | #64 | 6,105 | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #62 | 6,162 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #62 | 6,279 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #61 | 6,279 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #60 | 6,154 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #55 | 6,098 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #53 | 6,070 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | #55 | 6,224 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #54 | 6,162 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #57 | 6,235 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #61 | 5,093 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #58 | 4,112 |
| 1944 | — | #60 | 3,992 | |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #57 | 4,473 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #54 | 4,604 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #52 | 4,166 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #60 | 3,674 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | #66 | 3,174 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #64 | 3,172 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #62 | 3,162 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #63 | 3,033 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #65 | 3,064 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #69 | 2,784 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | #70 | 2,530 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | #70 | 2,625 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #71 | 2,648 |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | #75 | 2,655 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #76 | 2,606 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #73 | 2,726 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | #75 | 2,677 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #70 | 2,708 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #75 | 2,675 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #71 | 2,921 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | #70 | 2,783 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #70 | 2,769 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #72 | 2,703 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #71 | 2,700 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #71 | 2,531 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #71 | 2,733 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #66 | 2,544 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #70 | 2,409 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #69 | 2,328 |
| 1914 | — | #68 | 1,870 | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #69 | 1,484 |
| 1912 | — | #69 | 1,237 | |
| 1911 | — | #69 | 612 | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | #83 | 418 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #78 | 395 |
| 1908 | — | #86 | 319 | |
| 1907 | — | #76 | 356 | |
| 1906 | — | #85 | 280 | |
| 1905 | — | #96 | 234 | |
| 1904 | — | #85 | 266 | |
| 1903 | — | #85 | 250 | |
| 1902 | — | #90 | 226 | |
| 1901 | — | #84 | 232 | |
| 1900 | — | #94 | 259 | |
| 1899 | — | #83 | 223 | |
| 1898 | — | #86 | 244 | |
| 1897 | — | #89 | 200 | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | #92 | 218 |
| 1895 | — | #90 | 211 | |
| 1894 | — | #91 | 214 | |
| 1893 | — | #91 | 208 | |
| 1892 | — | #82 | 239 | |
| 1891 | — | #80 | 198 | |
| 1890 | — | #88 | 192 | |
| 1889 | — | #95 | 183 | |
| 1888 | — | #90 | 196 | |
| 1887 | — | #95 | 161 | |
| 1886 | — | #87 | 187 | |
| 1885 | — | #89 | 163 | |
| 1884 | — | #96 | 161 | |
| 1883 | — | #84 | 166 | |
| 1882 | — | #87 | 182 | |
| 1881 | — | #83 | 156 | |
| 1880 | — | #81 | 186 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Philip was already there! It came in at #81, and was given to 186 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1891, when fewer than 200 boys a year got the name.
See more about Philip
- 7 spots since 2024 (#520 → #527)
- 74 spots since 2020 (#453 → #527)
- 95 spots since 2015 (#432 → #527)
- Biggest jump: 21 spots in 2013 (#408 → #387)
- Biggest drop: 43 spots in 2015 (#389 → #432)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1941 at #52 (4,166 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 53 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 108 yrs · run 1880–1971
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 285 boys born in 1948 were named Philip (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,007 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #52 in 1941, was only 1 in 295 (0.34%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.7% of all boys named Philip (60,853) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,741 | #81 (1880) | #89 |
| 1890s | 2,147 | #80 (1891) | #87 |
| 1900s | 2,817 | #76 (1907) | #86 |
| 1910s | 18,166 | #66 (1917) | #71 |
| 1920s | 27,268 | #70 (1923) | #72 |
| 1930s | 28,847 | #62 (1937) | #68 |
| 1940s | 48,735 | #52 (1941) | #57 |
| 1950s | 60,853 | #53 (1950) | #62 |
| 1960s | 44,780 | #76 (1960) | #82 |
| 1970s | 31,367 | #83 (1979) | #90 |
| 1980s | 35,733 | #79 (1982) | #86 |
| 1990s | 20,460 | #111 (1990) | #170 |
| 2000s | 10,193 | #255 (2000) | #318 |
| 2010s | 7,216 | #387 (2013) | #416 |
| 2020s | 3,713 | #451 (2021) | #490 |
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.
Philip in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 134,235 of them was named Philip, which outranked 40.4% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,846Zana10
- #2,846Zeta10
- #2,846Zoila10
- #3,030Philip9
- #3,030Afton9
- #3,030Alana9
- #3,030Alinda9
- #3,252Adina8
- #3,252Aldine8
- #3,252Alecia8
Tied with 221 names at #3,030; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 295 of them was named Philip, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.