Unisex name · since 2010
Phinley
77 babies named Phinley in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Phinley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 77 recorded since 2010.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Phinley has been recorded 77 times among girls since 2010, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2020.
- #30,082 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 77 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Phinley ranks #30,082 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Phinley's 77 recorded births place it above 58.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Phinley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Phinley splits its recorded history at 2015: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Phinley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2020
- Peak year (2015)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Phinley popularity over time - boys
31 total births recorded since 2009 (Phinley as boys' name)
Phinley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 88% of the file).
2010s was Phinley's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Phinley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s 9
2020s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (88% of all-time use).
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- Phinley's decade-level peak was the 2010s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 9 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Phinley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2010–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Phinley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.