Phil — #10893 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Phil

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,026 babies named Phil between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Phil currently holds the #10893 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 677 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phil performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 4,575 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Phil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,057 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Phil in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phil in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 20,026 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.