Philecia — girls' name
33 babies named Philecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Philecia was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Philecia in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Philecia
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Philecia between 1977 and 1998, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Philecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Philecia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Philecia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Philecia 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 33 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.
Philecia at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Philecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1977
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
33 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 7 births in a single year.
Philecia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 23 births that decade — 70% of Philecia's all-time total
Philecia decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Philecia's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.