Philo
#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 390since 1880
Philo over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Philo has never cracked the top 800 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
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| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
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| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
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| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | — | |
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| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
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| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Philo was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Philo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,930 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #10,695)
- 1,956 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #10,695)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 43 spots in 1881 (#909 → #866)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #866 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1880–1881
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,147
- Highest: 1 in 20,147 boys born in 1881 were named Philo (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 20.8% of all boys named Philo (81) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #866 (1881) | #916 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 55 | #2,543 (1918) | #2,867 |
| 1920s | 70 | #2,804 (1921) | #3,269 |
| 1930s | 55 | #2,184 (1936) | #2,891 |
| 1940s | 21 | #2,563 (1943) | #3,014 |
| 1950s | 24 | #3,066 (1951) | #3,517 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,464 (1975) | #5,464 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 11 | #9,581 (2003) | #10,527 |
| 2010s | 81 | #6,338 (2017) | #8,678 |
| 2020s | 53 | #7,289 (2023) | #8,492 |
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.
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