Phylis
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677
- Peak · girls
- 1943 · 97 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,342since 1896
Phylis over time
Rank among girls' names. Phylis has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | #2,376 | 26 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 |
| 1961 | #1,568 | 52 |
| 1960 | #1,447 | 58 |
| 1959 | #1,672 | 43 |
| 1958 | #1,322 | 64 |
| 1957 | #1,246 | 71 |
| 1956 | #1,413 | 55 |
| 1955 | #1,261 | 64 |
| 1954 | #1,300 | 58 |
| 1953 | #1,155 | 70 |
| 1952 | #1,107 | 72 |
| 1951 | #1,160 | 65 |
| 1950 | #1,026 | 79 |
| 1949 | #847 | 109 |
| 1948 | #858 | 104 |
| 1947 | #885 | 99 |
| 1946 | #867 | 91 |
| 1945 | #925 | 67 |
| 1944 | #874 | 76 |
| 1943 | #788 | 97 |
| 1942 | #835 | 83 |
| 1941 | #934 | 62 |
| 1940 | #859 | 69 |
| 1939 | #790 | 75 |
| 1938 | #875 | 64 |
| 1937 | #796 | 74 |
| 1936 | #827 | 66 |
| 1935 | #1,031 | 45 |
| 1934 | #894 | 58 |
| 1933 | #904 | 56 |
| 1932 | #875 | 63 |
| 1931 | #984 | 50 |
| 1930 | #824 | 74 |
| 1929 | #1,015 | 51 |
| 1928 | #983 | 57 |
| 1927 | #1,088 | 49 |
| 1926 | #1,069 | 49 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 |
| 1924 | #880 | 73 |
| 1923 | #976 | 58 |
| 1922 | #997 | 56 |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,030 | 52 |
| 1919 | #1,017 | 50 |
| 1918 | #1,041 | 48 |
| 1917 | #1,241 | 34 |
| 1916 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1915 | #1,153 | 35 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
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| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
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| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
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| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Phylis! It came in at #1,583, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Phylis is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#472 · 1 in 7,704
- New York#593 · 1 in 12,947
Best ever in a state: #292 in Indiana, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #472 | 5 | 1 in 7,704 |
| New York | #593 | 7 | 1 in 12,947 |
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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 Phylis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
- Biggest jump: 412 spots in 1922 (#1,409 → #997)
- Biggest drop: 345 spots in 1925 (#880 → #1,225)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1943 at #788 (97 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1936–1949
- Highest: 1 in 14,379 girls born in 1937 were named Phylis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,166 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #788 in 1943, was only 1 in 14,384 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.6% of all girls named Phylis (857) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,583 (1896) | #1,583 |
| 1900s | 25 | #1,607 (1909) | #1,746 |
| 1910s | 261 | #1,017 (1919) | #1,411 |
| 1920s | 518 | #880 (1924) | #1,067 |
| 1930s | 625 | #790 (1939) | #880 |
| 1940s | 857 | #788 (1943) | #867 |
| 1950s | 641 | #1,026 (1950) | #1,266 |
| 1960s | 345 | #1,447 (1960) | #2,221 |
| 1970s | 60 | #4,761 (1970) | #6,145 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,677 (1985) | #10,677 |
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.
Phylis in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 21,295 of them was named Phylis, which outranked 80.2% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #970Malinda51
- #970Maurice51
- #970Sonja51
- #984Phylis50
- #984Aida50
- #984Bella50
- #984Drucilla50
- #995Adelina49
- #995Anastasia49
- #995Cathleen49
Tied with 10 names at #984; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.