Philly — boys' name
5 babies named Philly in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Philly was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Philly in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Philly
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Philly between 1995 and 1995, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Philly currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Philly performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Philly 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 5 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.
Philly at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Philly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1995
- Peak year (1995)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 5 births in a single year.
Philly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Philly's all-time total
Philly decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Philly's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1995–1995 (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.