Girls' name · since 1889
Phila
Phila has 63 recorded births since 1889 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1889
- 1910s
- peak decade
63 girls have been named Phila since 1889, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Phila has 63 recorded births among girls since 1889, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 1954.
- #32,356 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 63 born since 1889
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Phila ranks #32,356 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 63 born since 1889, peaking in the 1910s.
- #32,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1889
- 1910s
- peak decade
Phila's 63 recorded births place it above 55.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Phila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Phila's SSA record in two at 1921 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1889, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Phila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–1954
- Peak year (1917)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Phila by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (13 births, 21% of the file).
1910s was Phila's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Phila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s
1890s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 13 births (21% of all-time use).
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- Phila's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Phila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~65 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1889–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Phila draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.