Philippe
Philippe was given to 14 boys in 2025, #6,351 among boys’ names; 3,043 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,440 Americans named Philippe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (80% of everyone recorded); the median is 41 years old and half are between 27 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Philippe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Philippe mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Philippe is “a male given name, equivalent to English Philip, very popular in 20th century France, next only to Jean and Pierre”
/fi.lip/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Philippe?
#6,351 among boys’ names, 2025
Philippe fell from #4,662 in 2015 to #6,351 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 11.0 to 8.2 per million.
59 babies in 1979, the peak
Philippe peaked in 1979, when 59 boys were given it, #1,188 among boys’ names. The 14 births of 2025 are 24% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,351 | 8.2 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,621 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,698 | 12.9 |
| 2022 | 12 | #7,131 | 6.9 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,889 | 11.4 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,177 | 10.4 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,199 | 13.9 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,872 | 11.0 |
| 2017 | 19 | #5,061 | 10.3 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,979 | 7.9 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 21 | #4,662 | 11.0 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,359 | 12.0 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,827 | 14.3 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,493 | 11.6 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,487 | 6.8 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,665 | 8.3 |
| 2009 | 26 | #4,007 | 13.1 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,896 | 13.2 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,571 | 14.5 |
| 2006 | 24 | #4,069 | 11.7 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,907 | 12.0 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,196 | 15.6 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,712 | 18.7 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,801 | 17.5 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,905 | 16.5 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,461 | 19.9 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,982 | 25.5 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,143 | 22.5 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,293 | 19.6 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,515 | 16.4 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,734 | 14.2 |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,881 | 23.3 |
| 1993 | 45 | #1,859 | 22.9 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,868 | 22.0 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,937 | 19.8 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,798 | 21.4 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,604 | 25.0 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,437 | 28.2 |
| 1987 | 42 | #1,646 | 22.5 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,264 | 32.0 |
| 1985 | 48 | #1,425 | 26.0 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,311 | 28.3 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,309 | 28.5 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,335 | 27.6 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,266 | 29.6 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,256 | 30.8 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,188 | 34.3 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,197 | 34.1 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,402 | 26.2 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,447 | 24.9 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,442 | 24.3 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,513 | 21.6 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,912 | 14.8 |
| 1972 | 31 | #1,554 | 19.1 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,267 | 24.9 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,292 | 22.6 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,261 | 22.4 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,178 | 24.2 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,210 | 22.4 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,188 | 22.4 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,156 | 23.1 |
| 1964 | 54 | #1,033 | 27.1 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,209 | 20.7 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,239 | 19.3 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,513 | 13.7 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,423 | 15.0 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,208 | 19.7 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,299 | 17.0 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,314 | 16.7 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,635 | 11.3 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,528 | 12.6 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,260 | 17.7 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,272 | 17.7 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,509 | 13.4 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,588 | 12.2 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,643 | 11.7 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,399 | 15.8 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,510 | 13.7 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,228 | 7.1 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,371 | 6.8 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,711 | 5.9 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,805 | 5.9 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,154 | 9.1 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,490 | 7.2 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,575 | 16.3 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,966 | 12.1 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,849 | 4.5 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,069 | 11.7 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,303 | 10.3 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,447 | 5.8 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,498 | 9.6 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,228 | 11.6 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,210 | 7.1 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,675 | 5.7 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,433 | 10.6 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,877 | 15.5 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,558 | 10.2 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,810 | 17.2 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,377 | 7.1 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,162 | 13.5 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,889 | 9.0 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,974 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,304 | 12.8 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,317 | 12.9 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,757 | 10.0 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,154 | 8.5 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,624 | 6.9 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,164 | 15.1 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,348 | 5.6 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,730 | 7.1 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,593 | 12.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Philippe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Philippe has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Philippe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Philippe, and how old are they?
2,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 80% of the 3,043 Americans ever recorded as Philippe. The median Philippe alive today is 41 years old; half are between 27 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 5,418 people named Philippe (23 women and girls, 5,395 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,466 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 38 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 397 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 591 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 696 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 475 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 245 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Philippe born?
The states with the most babies named Philippe are New York, California and Massachusetts, with 82% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 527 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| California | 288 | #2,395 | 0.9× |
| Massachusetts | 126 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Florida | 121 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Maine | 25 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Illinois | 17 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 15 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 10 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Louisiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Maryland | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Philippe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Philippe is most over-represented in New York: since 1914 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Philippe with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 4,042 babies since 1880, Philippe is the most given (75% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Philippe
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Philippe and names like it
- Compare Philippe and PhillipeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sPhilippe peaked in 1979.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Philippe since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Philippe: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1979The year the most babies were named Philippe.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Philippe alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with PMost given first.