Phillis
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #10,745 · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #3,867
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1949 · 118 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,677since 1882
Phillis over time
Rank among girls' names. Phillis has never cracked the top 800 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 | — | — | ||
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| 2010 | — | — | ||
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| 2008 | — | — | ||
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| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,708 | 47 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,732 | 44 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,669 | 45 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,292 | 70 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,383 | 66 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,305 | 71 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,344 | 68 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,327 | 70 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,103 | 95 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,281 | 70 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,157 | 84 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,211 | 76 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,086 | 90 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,197 | 70 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,123 | 77 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,022 | 84 | — | |
| 1951 | #908 | 101 | — | |
| 1950 | #916 | 94 | — | |
| 1949 | #800 | 118 | — | |
| 1948 | #904 | 93 | — | |
| 1947 | #842 | 108 | — | |
| 1946 | #893 | 87 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,022 | 57 | — | |
| 1944 | #988 | 62 | — | |
| 1943 | #870 | 80 | — | |
| 1942 | #897 | 76 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,023 | 49 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,039 | 47 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,007 | 50 | — | |
| 1937 | #964 | 52 | — | |
| 1936 | #929 | 54 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,031 | 45 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,190 | 36 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,038 | 45 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,116 | 41 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,060 | 44 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,002 | 54 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,051 | 48 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,061 | 50 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,057 | 53 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,166 | 43 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,196 | 42 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,279 | 39 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #1,267 | 38 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,190 | 42 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,233 | 39 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,042 | 48 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,566 | 26 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,281 | 32 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Phillis! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Phillis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1942 (#1,166 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1944 (#870 → #988)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1949 at #800 (118 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1946–1951
- Highest: 1 in 14,499 girls born in 1949 were named Phillis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 227,004 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
- 22.4% of all girls named Phillis (825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #813 (1882) | #813 |
| 1890s | 62 | #1,047 (1898) | #1,210 |
| 1900s | 57 | #1,204 (1903) | #1,583 |
| 1910s | 200 | #1,042 (1919) | #1,674 |
| 1920s | 429 | #1,051 (1929) | #1,184 |
| 1930s | 468 | #929 (1936) | #1,038 |
| 1940s | 771 | #800 (1949) | #941 |
| 1950s | 825 | #908 (1951) | #1,098 |
| 1960s | 601 | #1,103 (1960) | #1,551 |
| 1970s | 168 | #2,565 (1973) | #4,756 |
| 1980s | 69 | #5,824 (1983) | #8,358 |
| 1990s | 13 | #9,491 (1992) | #11,951 |
| 2000s | 8 | #10,745 (2000) | #10,745 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Phillis in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 32,022 of them was named Phillis, which outranked 78.3% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,258Paulina40
- #1,258Rosario40
- #1,258Trudy40
- #1,279Phillis39
- #1,279Aleen39
- #1,279Ardelia39
- #1,279Ardyce39
- #1,301Antionette38
- #1,301Arlean38
- #1,301Audrie38
Tied with 21 names at #1,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 188,790 of them was named Phillis, which outranked 22.2% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,505Yoshimi7
- #3,505Zachariah7
- #3,505Zenas7
- #3,867Phillis6
- #3,867Abdon6
- #3,867Abran6
- #3,867Abron6
- #4,347Ab5
- #4,347Abby5
- #4,347Abert5
Tied with 479 names at #3,867; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.