Boys' name · since 2001
Philippos
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 42 babies named Philippos, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,418 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,302 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 42
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Philippos is the #11302 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 42 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Philippos recorded 42 times among boys since 2001, holding rank #11302 nationally today, ahead of 19% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #23,418 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,302 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 42 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Philippos ranks #23,418 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,302 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 42 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,418 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,302 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 42
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Philippos's 42 recorded births place it above 48.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Philippos compares
42 15th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Philippos's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Philippos | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 42 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Philippos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Philippos's full recorded timeline at 2017, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Philippos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Philippos by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (21 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Philippos's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Philippos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 21 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Philippos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Philippos draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.