Phyliss
Phyliss was last recorded in 1983, when 6 babies were given it; 2,406 Americans have been recorded with it between 1909 and 1983 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,200 Americans named Phyliss and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 65 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Phyliss by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Phyliss?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #9,871, in 1983; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
70 babies in 1951, the peak
Phyliss peaked in 1951, when 70 girls were given it, #1,113 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 6 | #9,871 | 3.6 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,773 | 4.2 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,992 | 3.6 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,779 | 3.3 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,898 | 4.1 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,409 | 7.5 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,782 | 3.4 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,382 | 3.4 |
| 1972 | 7 | #7,067 | 4.6 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,432 | 4.8 |
Every recorded year (71)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 13 | #4,421 | 7.4 |
| 1969 | 13 | #4,113 | 7.7 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,270 | 10.4 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,763 | 12.7 |
| 1966 | 33 | #2,046 | 19.5 |
| 1965 | 34 | #2,017 | 19.3 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,141 | 16.9 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,665 | 24.9 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,621 | 24.9 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,564 | 26.3 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,915 | 17.8 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,664 | 21.7 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,843 | 17.9 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,435 | 26.9 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,514 | 24.9 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,366 | 27.6 |
| 1954 | 59 | #1,297 | 30.4 |
| 1953 | 57 | #1,295 | 30.3 |
| 1952 | 56 | #1,278 | 30.2 |
| 1951 | 70 | #1,113 | 38.9 |
| 1950 | 68 | #1,119 | 39.7 |
| 1949 | 61 | #1,168 | 35.7 |
| 1948 | 61 | #1,151 | 35.9 |
| 1947 | 69 | #1,076 | 38.9 |
| 1946 | 60 | #1,104 | 38.2 |
| 1945 | 49 | #1,127 | 37.5 |
| 1944 | 46 | #1,169 | 34.7 |
| 1943 | 47 | #1,190 | 33.7 |
| 1942 | 51 | #1,109 | 37.8 |
| 1941 | 54 | #1,000 | 44.7 |
| 1940 | 43 | #1,112 | 37.6 |
| 1939 | 43 | #1,096 | 39.2 |
| 1938 | 47 | #1,052 | 42.6 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,175 | 35.7 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,032 | 44.2 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,052 | 42.0 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,369 | 27.8 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,173 | 36.7 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,125 | 38.4 |
| 1931 | 49 | #1,009 | 46.0 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,340 | 29.3 |
| 1929 | 38 | #1,219 | 34.0 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,386 | 27.7 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,273 | 32.7 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,380 | 28.7 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,222 | 33.7 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,599 | 23.2 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,157 | 37.3 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,398 | 28.3 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,367 | 28.4 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,465 | 25.9 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,239 | 14.2 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,489 | 25.1 |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,081 | 15.7 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,109 | 15.3 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,357 | 13.2 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,723 | 21.0 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,497 | 12.8 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,108 | 16.1 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,147 | 16.7 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,476 | 14.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Phyliss a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Phyliss has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 71 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Phyliss: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Phyliss, and how old are they?
1,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 2,406 Americans ever recorded as Phyliss. The median Phyliss alive today is 72 years old; half are between 65 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 1,774 people named Phyliss (1,773 women and girls, 1 man or boy). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,439 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 241 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 776 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 167 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 12 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Phyliss born?
The states with the most babies named Phyliss are New York, Illinois and Ohio, with 57% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 157 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 69 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 57 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 36 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 21 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 21 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 18 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 17 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Kentucky | 13 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Phyliss with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Phyliss?
Phyliss is a less common spelling of Phyllis: SSA has recorded 2,406 Phyliss and 323,367 Phyllis since 1880.
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 329,929 babies since 1880, Phyliss is the third most given (<1% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Phyliss
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Phyliss and names like it
- Compare Phyliss and PhyllisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sPhyliss peaked in 1951.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Phyliss since 1910.
- The top names of 1951The year the most babies were named Phyliss.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Phyliss alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with PMost given first.