Philo — #7736 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Philo

The Social Security Administration has registered 383 babies named Philo between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Philo currently holds the #7736 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Philo performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Philo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Philo in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Philo 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 383 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.