Philadelphia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Philadelphia

The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Philadelphia between 1984 and 1994, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Philadelphia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Philadelphia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Philadelphia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Philadelphia 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 34 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.