Philip Boy
How popular is Philip?
#527 boy name in 2025
568 baby boys were named Philip in the US in 2025, making it the 527th most popular boy name.
Philip popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #527 for boys (▼ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 568 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #432 in 2015, #453 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1953 (6,279 boys) |
| Highest rank | #52 in 1941 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Philip counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Philip family of names ranked #322 for boys in 2025 (#306 the year before), with 1,060 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Philip | 568 | 54% |
| Phillip | 425 | 40% |
| Filip | 42 | 4% |
| Philippe | 14 | 1% |
| Philipp | 5 | 0% |
| Filipe | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Philip is most popular
Babies named Philip per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 1.0 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- District of Columbia: 0.8 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.7 per 1,000 (92 boys)
- North Dakota: 0.6 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Virginia: 0.6 per 1,000 (119 boys)
Philip by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,741 | #81 |
| 1890s | 2,147 | #80 |
| 1900s | 2,817 | #76 |
| 1910s | 18,166 | #66 |
| 1920s | 27,268 | #70 |
| 1930s | 28,847 | #62 |
| 1940s | 48,735 | #52 |
| 1950s | 60,853 | #53 |
| 1960s | 44,780 | #76 |
| 1970s | 31,367 | #83 |
| 1980s | 35,733 | #79 |
| 1990s | 20,460 | #111 |
| 2000s | 10,193 | #255 |
| 2010s | 7,216 | #387 |
| 2020s | 3,713 | #451 |
Boy names about as popular as Philip
Questions
- Is Philip a boy or girl name?
- Philip is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Philip were boys.
- How popular is the name Philip?
- 568 baby boys were named Philip in the US in 2025, making it the 527th most popular boy name.
- When was Philip most popular?
- Philip peaked in 1953, when 6,279 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #52 in 1941.
- How many people are named Philip?
- 345,173 babies have been named Philip in the US since 1880. We estimate about 211,398 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 57.
- Where is Philip most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Philip was most common in New Hampshire, at 1.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.