Girls' name · since 1947
Phyllistine
80 babies named Phyllistine in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Phyllistine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 80 recorded since 1947.
Phyllistine has 80 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1961.
- #29,652 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1947
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Phyllistine ranks #29,652 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1947, peaking in the 1950s.
- #29,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Phyllistine's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Phyllistine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Phyllistine's SSA record in two at 1954 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Phyllistine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1961
- Peak year (1953)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Phyllistine by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (67 births, 84% of the file).
1950s was Phyllistine's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Phyllistine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 8
1940s
8 births
- 1950s
1950s
67 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 67 births (84% of all-time use).
Phyllistine by state
Where Phyllistine concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 6.3% |
5 of 80 births nationwide.
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What to do with Phyllistine's data
- Phyllistine's decade-level peak was the 1950s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Phyllistines (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Phyllistine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1947–1961 (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 Phyllistine 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.