Phylis

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677

Peak · girls
1943 · 97 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,342
since 1896

Phylis over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Phylis has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #788, 1943girls
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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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1985#10,6775
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1976#8,1566
1975#5,16111
1974#6,9007
1973#6,6667
1972#6,5587
1971#4,81011
1970#4,76111
1969#3,77414
1968#3,31516
1967#2,37626
1966#1,91636
1965#1,76841
1964#2,07133
1963#1,98135
1962#1,98934
1961#1,56852
1960#1,44758
1959#1,67243
1958#1,32264
1957#1,24671
1956#1,41355
1955#1,26164
1954#1,30058
1953#1,15570
1952#1,10772
1951#1,16065
1950#1,02679
1949#847109
1948#858104
1947#88599
1946#86791
1945#92567
1944#87476
1943#78897
1942#83583
1941#93462
1940#85969
1939#79075
1938#87564
1937#79674
1936#82766
1935#1,03145
1934#89458
1933#90456
1932#87563
1931#98450
1930#82474
1929#1,01551
1928#98357
1927#1,08849
1926#1,06949
1925#1,22540
1924#88073
1923#97658
1922#99756
1921#1,40933
1920#1,03052
1919#1,01750
1918#1,04148
1917#1,24134
1916#1,24633
1915#1,15335
1914#1,74015
1913#1,52815
1912#1,35216
1911#1,6569
1910#2,1406
1909#1,6078
1908#1,8626
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1903#1,7925
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1900#1,7236
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1896#1,5835
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First appearance
1896

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.

See more about Phylis
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1943 at #788 (97 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1936–1949
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,379
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 25.6% of all girls named Phylis (857) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,583 (1896)#1,583
1900s25#1,607 (1909)#1,746
1910s261#1,017 (1919)#1,411
1920s518#880 (1924)#1,067
1930s625#790 (1939)#880
1940s857#788 (1943)#867
1950s641#1,026 (1950)#1,266
1960s345#1,447 (1960)#2,221
1970s60#4,761 (1970)#6,145
1980s5#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 1946

girls
#867
91 births · 1 in 17,267 girls

Top girls' names in 1946

  1. #1Mary67,471
  2. #2Linda52,710
  3. #3Patricia46,297
  4. #4Barbara45,126
  5. #5Carol34,284
  6. #6Sandra31,692
  7. #7Nancy28,345
  8. #8Susan28,267
  9. #9Sharon27,824
  10. #10Judith22,310
  11. #867Phylis91
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 17,267 of them was named Phylis, which outranked 84.8% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Phylis
  1. #864Jacquelin92
  2. #864Katrina92
  3. #864Marylin92
  4. #867Phylis91
  5. #867Delphine91
  6. #867Geri91
  7. #867Juliet91
  8. #874Carolyne90
  9. #874Graciela90
  10. #874Jaunita90

Tied with 6 names at #867; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. 1,830Jacalyn#2,742#912
  2. 914Kimberly#1,621#707
  3. 615Suzette#1,032#417
  4. 538Randi#1,356#818
  5. 528Dayle#1,356#828
Fallers
  1. 335Oma#941#1,276
  2. 324Iola#824#1,148
  3. 324Artie#994#1,318
  4. 303Eartha#954#1,257
  5. 301Willia#830#1,131

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

See the top 100 for 1946