Boys' name · since 1900
Phill
Since 1900, U.S. Social Security records show 622 babies named Phill, peaking in 1960. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #6,914 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 622
- born since 1900
- 1940s
- peak decade
Phill is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 622 have been recorded since 1900.
Phill has 622 recorded births among boys since 1900, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 2005.
- #6,914 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 622 born since 1900
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Phill ranks #6,914 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 622 born since 1900, peaking in the 1940s.
- #6,914 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 622
- born since 1900
- 1940s
- peak decade
Phill's 622 recorded births place it above 84.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Phill's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Phill splits its recorded history at 1944: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1907 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Phill popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–2005
- Peak year (1960)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Phill by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (131 births, 21% of the file).
1940s was Phill's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Phill births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 12
1900s
12 births
- 1910s 30
1910s
30 births
- 1920s
1920s
96 births
- 1930s
1930s
73 births
- 1940s
1940s
131 births
- 1950s
1950s
126 births
- 1960s
1960s
113 births
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 131 births (21% of all-time use).
How Phill compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Phill's total volume
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What to do with Phill's data
- Phill's decade-level peak was the 1940s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Phill: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~105 yrs)
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, 1900–2005 (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 Phill 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.