Phineas Boy
How popular is Phineas?
#1,609 boy name in 2025
105 baby boys were named Phineas in the US in 2025, making it the 1609th most popular boy name.
Phineas popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,609 for boys (▼ 69 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 105 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,657 in 2015, #1,423 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (142 boys) |
| Highest rank | #909 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Phineas counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Phineas family of names ranked #904 for boys in 2025 (#902 the year before), with 236 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Phineas | 105 | 44% |
| Finneas | 126 | 53% |
| Phinneas | 5 | 2% |
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 Phineas is most popular
Babies named Phineas per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Idaho: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
Phineas by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #909 |
| 1890s | 10 | #962 |
| 1910s | 38 | #2,561 |
| 1920s | 33 | #3,137 |
| 1930s | 29 | #3,020 |
| 1940s | 15 | #3,458 |
| 1950s | 23 | #3,274 |
| 1960s | 26 | #2,984 |
| 1970s | 26 | #4,010 |
| 1980s | 47 | #3,629 |
| 1990s | 76 | #4,015 |
| 2000s | 607 | #1,331 |
| 2010s | 1,190 | #1,245 |
| 2020s | 678 | #1,397 |
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Questions
- Is Phineas a boy or girl name?
- Phineas is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Phineas were boys.
- How popular is the name Phineas?
- 105 baby boys were named Phineas in the US in 2025, making it the 1609th most popular boy name.
- When was Phineas most popular?
- Phineas peaked in 2016, when 142 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #909 in 1880.
- How many people are named Phineas?
- 2,803 babies have been named Phineas in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,647 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Phineas most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Phineas was most common in Ohio, at 0.1 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.