Phillip
Phillip was given to 425 boys in 2025, #651 among boys’ names; 312,891 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 224,000 Americans named Phillip and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 38 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Phillip by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Phillip mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Phillip is “a male given name from Ancient Greek.”
A less common spelling of Philip.
/ˈfɪlɪp/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Phillip?
#651 among boys’ names, 2025
Phillip fell from #409 in 2015 to #651 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.40 to 0.25 per 1,000.
6,076 babies in 1960, the peak
Phillip peaked in 1960, when 6,076 babies were given it (6,047 boys, #66 among boys’ names). The 425 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 425 | #651 | 0.25 |
| 2024 | 453 | #626 | 0.26 |
| 2023 | 455 | #616 | 0.27 |
| 2022 | 514 | #573 | 0.29 |
| 2021 | 559 | #525 | 0.32 |
| 2020 | 553 | #519 | 0.32 |
| 2019 | 569 | #503 | 0.32 |
| 2018 | 666 | #449 | 0.37 |
| 2017 | 727 | #427 | 0.39 |
| 2016 | 707 | #437 | 0.37 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 762 | #409 | 0.40 |
| 2014 | 798 | #390 | 0.42 |
| 2013 | 870 | #364 | 0.46 |
| 2012 | 884 | #350 | 0.47 |
| 2011 | 779 | #378 | 0.41 |
| 2010 | 864 | #355 | 0.45 |
| 2009 | 927 | #340 | 0.47 |
| 2008 | 1,098 | #304 | 0.54 |
| 2007 | 1,175 | #292 | 0.57 |
| 2006 | 1,220 | #286 | 0.59 |
| 2005 | 1,233 | #268 | 0.62 |
| 2004 | 1,325 | #247 | 0.67 |
| 2003 | 1,455 | #233 | 0.74 |
| 2002 | 1,553 | #226 | 0.80 |
| 2001 | 1,711 | #209 | 0.88 |
| 2000 | 1,776 | #198 | 0.90 |
| 1999 | 1,818 | #188 | 0.95 |
| 1998 | 1,887 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 2,087 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1996 | 2,309 | #150 | 1.2 |
| 1995 | 2,513 | #137 | 1.3 |
| 1994 | 2,675 | #131 | 1.4 |
| 1993 | 3,003 | #117 | 1.5 |
| 1992 | 3,375 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 1991 | 3,851 | #98 | 1.9 |
| 1990 | 4,454 | #81 | 2.2 |
| 1989 | 4,721 | #75 | 2.4 |
| 1988 | 4,576 | #71 | 2.4 |
| 1987 | 4,813 | #68 | 2.6 |
| 1986 | 4,705 | #70 | 2.6 |
| 1985 | 4,496 | #69 | 2.4 |
| 1984 | 4,234 | #70 | 2.3 |
| 1983 | 4,470 | #66 | 2.5 |
| 1982 | 4,520 | #67 | 2.5 |
| 1981 | 4,539 | #66 | 2.5 |
| 1980 | 4,633 | #65 | 2.6 |
| 1979 | 4,422 | #68 | 2.6 |
| 1978 | 4,362 | #67 | 2.7 |
| 1977 | 3,967 | #70 | 2.4 |
| 1976 | 3,789 | #69 | 2.4 |
| 1975 | 3,853 | #72 | 2.5 |
| 1974 | 3,934 | #70 | 2.5 |
| 1973 | 3,861 | #71 | 2.5 |
| 1972 | 3,532 | #75 | 2.2 |
| 1971 | 3,850 | #76 | 2.2 |
| 1970 | 4,275 | #73 | 2.3 |
| 1969 | 4,006 | #74 | 2.2 |
| 1968 | 3,987 | #71 | 2.3 |
| 1967 | 4,049 | #73 | 2.3 |
| 1966 | 4,402 | #71 | 2.5 |
| 1965 | 4,891 | #70 | 2.6 |
| 1964 | 5,502 | #67 | 2.8 |
| 1963 | 5,655 | #70 | 2.8 |
| 1962 | 5,881 | #68 | 2.8 |
| 1961 | 5,976 | #69 | 2.8 |
| 1960 | 6,047 | #66 | 2.8 |
| 1959 | 5,597 | #74 | 2.6 |
| 1958 | 5,273 | #81 | 2.5 |
| 1957 | 5,544 | #79 | 2.6 |
| 1956 | 5,414 | #76 | 2.6 |
| 1955 | 5,411 | #74 | 2.6 |
| 1954 | 5,149 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 1953 | 5,103 | #76 | 2.6 |
| 1952 | 5,001 | #74 | 2.6 |
| 1951 | 4,910 | #79 | 2.6 |
| 1950 | 5,055 | #64 | 2.8 |
| 1949 | 5,201 | #66 | 2.9 |
| 1948 | 5,018 | #69 | 2.9 |
| 1947 | 4,789 | #74 | 2.6 |
| 1946 | 3,775 | #83 | 2.3 |
| 1945 | 3,081 | #85 | 2.3 |
| 1944 | 3,002 | #83 | 2.2 |
| 1943 | 3,251 | #81 | 2.3 |
| 1942 | 3,373 | #77 | 2.4 |
| 1941 | 2,871 | #77 | 2.3 |
| 1940 | 2,628 | #79 | 2.3 |
| 1939 | 2,175 | #92 | 2.0 |
| 1938 | 2,154 | #95 | 1.9 |
| 1937 | 2,005 | #98 | 1.9 |
| 1936 | 1,847 | #102 | 1.8 |
| 1935 | 1,783 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 1934 | 1,577 | #113 | 1.5 |
| 1933 | 1,328 | #125 | 1.3 |
| 1932 | 1,314 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 1931 | 1,176 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1930 | 1,175 | #144 | 1.1 |
| 1929 | 1,027 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1928 | 1,078 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1927 | 1,040 | #152 | 0.92 |
| 1926 | 1,020 | #154 | 0.92 |
| 1925 | 942 | #160 | 0.84 |
| 1924 | 900 | #166 | 0.79 |
| 1923 | 844 | #170 | 0.77 |
| 1922 | 920 | #164 | 0.85 |
| 1921 | 914 | #162 | 0.83 |
| 1920 | 840 | #164 | 0.79 |
| 1919 | 741 | #177 | 0.76 |
| 1918 | 730 | #180 | 0.72 |
| 1917 | 722 | #173 | 0.78 |
| 1916 | 723 | #166 | 0.81 |
| 1915 | 628 | #180 | 0.74 |
| 1914 | 537 | #165 | 0.82 |
| 1913 | 369 | #185 | 0.72 |
| 1912 | 306 | #189 | 0.71 |
| 1911 | 212 | #160 | 0.94 |
| 1910 | 167 | #174 | 0.86 |
| 1909 | 146 | #171 | 0.89 |
| 1908 | 131 | #174 | 0.85 |
| 1907 | 124 | #176 | 0.84 |
| 1906 | 122 | #163 | 0.92 |
| 1905 | 127 | #159 | 1.0 |
| 1904 | 127 | #152 | 1.0 |
| 1903 | 92 | #181 | 0.77 |
| 1902 | 87 | #191 | 0.71 |
| 1901 | 78 | #189 | 0.73 |
| 1900 | 127 | #166 | 0.84 |
| 1899 | 88 | #167 | 0.83 |
| 1898 | 86 | #183 | 0.70 |
| 1897 | 82 | #189 | 0.73 |
| 1896 | 89 | #184 | 0.74 |
| 1895 | 90 | #178 | 0.77 |
| 1894 | 110 | #140 | 1.0 |
| 1893 | 81 | #179 | 0.72 |
| 1892 | 104 | #155 | 0.85 |
| 1891 | 74 | #177 | 0.73 |
| 1890 | 80 | #174 | 0.72 |
| 1889 | 78 | #172 | 0.71 |
| 1888 | 116 | #134 | 1.0 |
| 1887 | 80 | #156 | 0.79 |
| 1886 | 94 | #151 | 0.85 |
| 1885 | 87 | #157 | 0.81 |
| 1884 | 89 | #155 | 0.78 |
| 1883 | 92 | #137 | 0.88 |
| 1882 | 103 | #137 | 0.91 |
| 1881 | 84 | #149 | 0.83 |
| 1880 | 75 | #174 | 0.68 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Phillip a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Phillip has been given almost only to boys: 1,330 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Phillip: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Phillip, and how old are they?
224,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 312,891 Americans ever recorded as Phillip. The median Phillip alive today is 51 years old; half are between 38 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 216,746 people named Phillip (271 women and girls, 216,475 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 239,926 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 9,040 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 67,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 58,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 60,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 21,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 8,000 |
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 Phillip born?
The states with the most babies named Phillip are California, Texas and Illinois, with 22% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 29,506 | #714 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 20,117 | #927 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 17,705 | #853 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 15,978 | #617 | 1.0× |
| New York | 13,514 | #906 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 13,105 | #511 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 12,872 | #633 | 1.5× |
| Indiana | 11,014 | #572 | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 10,768 | #749 | 1.3× |
| Alabama | 10,247 | #393 | 1.7× |
Where Phillip is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Phillip is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Phillip 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 659,213 babies since 1880, Phillip is the second most given (47% of them). In 2025 it was given to 425 of their 998 babies (43%), again the second most given.
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 Phillip
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 Phillip and names like it
- Compare Phillip and PhilipBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sPhillip peaked in 1960.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Phillip since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Phillip: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Phillip.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Phillip alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with PMost given first.