Phylicia

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558

Peak · girls
1987 · 289 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,381
since 1968

Phylicia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Phylicia has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #651, 1987girls
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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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rankbirths
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2014#14,5586
2013#16,5475
2012#9,71111
2011#13,3477
2010#14,9596
2009#15,2426
2008
2007#8,09815
2006#7,14217
2005#7,50015
2004#6,76817
2003#8,50512
2002#5,08623
2001#4,44727
2000#4,40027
1999#4,44525
1998#3,73031
1997#3,30235
1996#2,39854
1995#2,28258
1994#1,90574
1993#1,69488
1992#1,284133
1991#928207
1990#783257
1989#738266
1988#675286
1987#651289
1986#786214
1985#1,163122
1984#5,22213
1983#8,0477
1982#9,2376
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1971#7,3886
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Phylicia! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Phylicia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
  • Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1986 (#1,163#786)
  • Biggest drop: 356 spots in 1992 (#928#1,284)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1987 at #651 (289 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1986–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,016
  • Highest: 1 in 6,016 girls born in 1987 were named Phylicia (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 50.5% of all girls named Phylicia (1,203) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s11#6,617 (1969)#6,817
1970s11#7,388 (1971)#8,569
1980s1,203#651 (1987)#3,315
1990s962#783 (1990)#2,275
2000s159#4,400 (2000)#7,465
2010s35#9,711 (2012)#13,824

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.

Phylicia in 1986

girls
#786
214 births · 1 in 8,017 girls

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #786Phylicia214
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 8,017 of them was named Phylicia, which outranked 93.9% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Phylicia
  1. #783Aurora216
  2. #783Lynsey216
  3. #783Rikki216
  4. #786Phylicia214
  5. #786Giselle214
  6. #786Katelin214
  7. #786Nathalie214
  8. #791Sophie213
  9. #792Andrew212
  10. #792Clare212

Tied with 4 names at #786; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 9,719Kyrie#10,677#958
  2. 4,778Sable#5,678#900
  3. 2,034Eliana#2,484#450
  4. 1,497Shatara#2,484#987
  5. 1,374Cherrelle#2,253#879
Fallers
  1. 442Violeta#963#1,405
  2. 361Micaela#545#906
  3. 361Tasia#572#933
  4. 324Jo#925#1,249
  5. 306Tammie#987#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1986