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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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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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.

Where Phylicia is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedNHWashington: #697 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,582 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #677 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,670 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedMINew York: #390 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 2,427 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedINOhio: #486 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,289 girlsOHPennsylvania: #503 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,369 girlsPANew Jersey: #594 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,032 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #887 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 7,877 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedUTColorado: #496 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,477 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #531 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,485 girlsVAMaryland: #350 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,361 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedARTennessee: #400 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,893 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #554 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,792 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #450 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,124 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #541 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,759 girlsLAMississippi: #395 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,244 girlsMSAlabama: #501 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,603 girlsALGeorgia: #558 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,458 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedHITexas: #822 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 7,127 girlsTXFlorida: #719 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,077 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#350 · 1 in 2,361
  2. New York#390 · 1 in 2,427
  3. Mississippi#395 · 1 in 2,244
  4. Tennessee#400 · 1 in 2,893
  5. South Carolina#450 · 1 in 3,124

Best ever in a state: #226 in District of Columbia, 1987.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#350111 in 2,361
New York#390471 in 2,427
Mississippi#39561 in 2,244
Tennessee#400101 in 2,893
South Carolina#45061 in 3,124
Ohio#486161 in 4,289
Colorado#49661 in 3,477
Alabama#50161 in 3,603
Pennsylvania#503161 in 4,369
Virginia#53181 in 4,485
Louisiana#54171 in 3,759
North Carolina#55481 in 4,792
Georgia#55891 in 4,458
New Jersey#59491 in 5,032
Illinois#677131 in 5,670
Washington#69751 in 5,582
Florida#719121 in 6,077
Texas#822181 in 7,127
California#887291 in 7,877
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1988

girls
#675
286 births · 1 in 6,227 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #675Phylicia286
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 6,227 of them was named Phylicia, which outranked 95.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Phylicia
  1. #671Cherie287
  2. #671Emilee287
  3. #671Leeann287
  4. #675Phylicia286
  5. #675Araceli286
  6. #675Deja286
  7. #675Felisha286
  8. #680Alesha285
  9. #681Kimberley284
  10. #682Sofia282

Tied with 4 names at #675; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 2,890Jalissa#3,857#967
  2. 2,381Taja#3,101#720
  3. 1,710Whitley#2,156#446
  4. 1,225Jalisa#1,662#437
  5. 883Jaleesa#1,227#344
Fallers
  1. 620Channing#590#1,210
  2. 346Denisse#954#1,300
  3. 319Jeana#966#1,285
  4. 314Eliana#826#1,140
  5. 311Nakia#893#1,204

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

See the top 100 for 1988