Phill — boys' name
623 babies named Phill in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Phill was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Phill in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Phill
The Social Security Administration has registered 623 babies named Phill between 1900 and 2005, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Phill currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Phill performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Phill shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Phill 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 623 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.
Phill at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Phill popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1900
- Peak year (1960)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
623 total births across 106 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 21 births in a single year.
Phill by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 131 births that decade — 21% of Phill's all-time total
Phill decade highlights
- Peak decade 131 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Phill's strongest decade
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% 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, 1900–2005 (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.