Phillips — boys' name

What the Data Says About Phillips

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,331 babies named Phillips between 1904 and 2023, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Phillips currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phillips performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Phillips shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Phillips in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phillips 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 1,331 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.