Phyliss — girls' name

What the Data Says About Phyliss

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,406 babies named Phyliss between 1909 and 1983, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Phyliss currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phyliss performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 549 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Phyliss shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 157 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Phyliss in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phyliss 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 2,406 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.