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

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Peak · girls
1949 · 118 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,677
since 1882

Phillis over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Phillis has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #800, 1949girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2012
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2001
2000#10,7458
1999#14,4115
1998
1997
1996
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1994
1993
1992#9,4918
1991
1990
1989#12,3625
1988#9,2447
1987#7,3539
1986
1985#9,3076
1984#8,1537
1983#5,82411
1982#9,2376
1981#6,32310
1980#7,4188
1979#10,2105
1978#6,3859
1977#6,3409
1976#6,0489
1975#3,63718
1974#3,86316
1973#2,56528
1972#2,59827
1971#3,26620
1970#2,64727
1969#2,64525
1968#1,70847
1967#1,73244
1966#1,66945
1965#1,29270
1964#1,38366
1963#1,30571
1962#1,34468
1961#1,32770
1960#1,10395
1959#1,28170
1958#1,15784
1957#1,21176
1956#1,08690
1955#1,19770
1954#1,12377
1953#1,08279
1952#1,02284
1951#908101
1950#91694
1949#800118
1948#90493
1947#842108
1946#89387
1945#1,02257
1944#98862
1943#87080
1942#89776
1941#1,16641
1940#1,02349
1939#1,03947
1938#1,00750
1937#96452
1936#92954
1935#1,03145
1934#1,19036
1933#1,03845
1932#1,11641
1931#1,06044
1930#1,00254
1929#1,05148
1928#1,06150
1927#1,05753
1926#1,16643
1925#1,19642
1924#1,27939#3,8676
1923#1,26738
1922#1,19042
1921#1,34135
1920#1,23339
1919#1,04248
1918#1,56626
1917#1,28132
1916#1,48525
1915#2,9009
1914#1,38521
1913#1,67013
1912#1,9819
1911#1,6569
1910#1,7738
1909#1,6078
1908#1,8626
1907#1,3849
1906#1,7276
1905
1904#1,8775
1903#1,2049
1902#1,4387
1901
1900#1,5617
1899#1,5965
1898#1,04711
1897
1896#1,2138
1895#1,05310
1894#1,0619
1893#1,0918
1892#1,2786
1891
1890#1,3385
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882#8136
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
  • Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1942 (#1,166#897)
  • Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1944 (#870#988)
Rise & fade · girls
67 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1949 at #800 (118 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1946–1951
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,499
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 22.4% of all girls named Phillis (825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#813 (1882)#813
1890s62#1,047 (1898)#1,210
1900s57#1,204 (1903)#1,583
1910s200#1,042 (1919)#1,674
1920s429#1,051 (1929)#1,184
1930s468#929 (1936)#1,038
1940s771#800 (1949)#941
1950s825#908 (1951)#1,098
1960s601#1,103 (1960)#1,551
1970s168#2,565 (1973)#4,756
1980s69#5,824 (1983)#8,358
1990s13#9,491 (1992)#11,951
2000s8#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 1928

girls
#1,061
50 births · 1 in 23,066 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #1,061Phillis50
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 23,066 of them was named Phillis, which outranked 80.5% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Phillis
  1. #1,051Penny51
  2. #1,051Prudence51
  3. #1,051Venita51
  4. #1,061Phillis50
  5. #1,061Delpha50
  6. #1,061Felipa50
  7. #1,061Gennie50
  8. #1,069Alease49
  9. #1,069Antionette49
  10. #1,069Arla49

Tied with 7 names at #1,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

See the top 100 for 1928