Philopateer — #6393 US boys' name
152 babies named Philopateer in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to boys today.
68% of everyone ever named Philopateer was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Philopateer in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Philopateer
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Philopateer between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Philopateer currently holds the #6393 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Philopateer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Philopateer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Philopateer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Philopateer 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 152 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.
Philopateer at a glance
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Current rank
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Philopateer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2012)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #6393 among boys.
152 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 15 births in a single year.
Philopateer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 104 births that decade — 68% of Philopateer's all-time total
Philopateer decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Philopateer's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Philopateer by state
Where Philopateer concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 11 | 7.2% |
11 of 152 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 7.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2008–2024 (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.