Philipp — #8366 US boys' name
981 babies named Philipp in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
17% of everyone ever named Philipp was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Philipp in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Philipp
The Social Security Administration has registered 981 babies named Philipp between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Philipp currently holds the #8366 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Philipp performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Philipp shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Philipp in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Philipp 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 981 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.
Philipp at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Philipp popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1918
- Peak year (1997)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
Currently ranks #8366 among boys.
981 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 25 births in a single year.
Philipp by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 168 births that decade — 17% of Philipp's all-time total
Philipp decade highlights
- Peak decade 168 births
- Runner-up 134 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Philipp's strongest decade
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Philipp by state
Where Philipp concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.5% |
15 of 981 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.5% of nationwide
- New York 1.0% of nationwide
- California 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1918–2024 (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.