Philene — girls' name
11 babies named Philene in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Philene was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Philene in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Philene
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Philene between 1957 and 1959, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Philene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Philene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Philene 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 11 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.
Philene at a glance
Last recorded 1959Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Philene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1957
- Peak year (1959)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1959.
11 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 6 births in a single year.
Philene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Philene's all-time total
Philene decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Philene's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1957–1959 (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.