Phillis — girls' name

What the Data Says About Phillis

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,677 babies named Phillis between 1882 and 2000, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Phillis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 118 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phillis performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 825 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Phillis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 215 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Phillis in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phillis 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 3,677 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.