Phillip Boy
How popular is Phillip?
#651 boy name in 2025
425 baby boys were named Phillip in the US in 2025, making it the 651st most popular boy name.
Phillip popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #651 for boys (▼ 25 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 425 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #408 in 2015, #519 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (6,047 boys) |
| Highest rank | #64 in 1950 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Phillip 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 Phillip is most popular
Babies named Phillip per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.7 per 1,000 (73 boys)
- Oregon: 0.6 per 1,000 (44 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.6 per 1,000 (59 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.5 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Alaska: 0.5 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Phillip by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 898 | #133 |
| 1890s | 884 | #140 |
| 1900s | 1,161 | #151 |
| 1910s | 5,135 | #159 |
| 1920s | 9,525 | #149 |
| 1930s | 16,534 | #92 |
| 1940s | 36,989 | #66 |
| 1950s | 52,457 | #64 |
| 1960s | 50,396 | #66 |
| 1970s | 39,845 | #67 |
| 1980s | 45,707 | #65 |
| 1990s | 27,972 | #81 |
| 2000s | 13,473 | #198 |
| 2010s | 7,626 | #350 |
| 2020s | 2,959 | #519 |
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Questions
- Is Phillip a boy or girl name?
- Phillip is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Phillip were boys.
- How popular is the name Phillip?
- 425 baby boys were named Phillip in the US in 2025, making it the 651st most popular boy name.
- When was Phillip most popular?
- Phillip peaked in 1960, when 6,047 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #64 in 1950.
- How many people are named Phillip?
- 312,891 babies have been named Phillip in the US since 1880. We estimate about 230,175 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 52.
- Where is Phillip most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Phillip was most common in Alabama, at 0.7 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.