Phyllistine — girls' name
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.
84% of everyone ever named Phyllistine was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Phyllistine in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Phyllistine
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Phyllistine between 1947 and 1961, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Phyllistine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Phyllistine performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Phyllistine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Phyllistine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Phyllistine 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 80 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.
Phyllistine at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Phyllistine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1947
- Peak year (1953)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
80 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 10 births in a single year.
Phyllistine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 67 births that decade — 84% of Phyllistine's all-time total
Phyllistine decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Phyllistine's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 6.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 6.3% 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, 1947–1961 (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.