Phillip

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #651in 2025
  • 1 in 4,019boys in 2025
  • −37%last ten years
  • 2.5×in Alabama

Most popular in 1949. Quieter now: down 37% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,4662,93218801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Phillip, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880679
1881834
1882906
1883879
1884778
1885807
1886849
1887789
1888960
1889705
1890721
1891731
1892852
1893721
1894950
1895767
1896744
1897727
1898701
1899829
1900844
1901733
1902709
1903772
1904991
1905960
1906916
1907845
1908849
1909890
1910860
1911938
1912712
1913720
1914820
1915740
1916812
1917780
1918720
1919756
1920789
1921830
1922845
1923770
1924795
1925844
1926919
1927923
1928973
1929955
19301,071
19311,131
19321,258
19331,339
19341,527
19351,712
19361,781
19371,880
19381,942
19391,965
19402,267
19412,337
19422,442
19432,278
19442,203
19452,289
19462,324
19472,618
19482,860
19492,932
19502,824
19512,608
19522,573
19532,587
19542,526
19552,627
19562,559
19572,570
19582,484
19592,622
19602,836
19612,813
19622,843
19632,784
19642,761
19652,629
19662,468
19672,322
19682,294
19692,240
19702,301
19712,177
19722,178
19732,477
19742,502
19752,468
19762,415
19772,414
19782,657
19792,569
19802,597
19812,534
19822,491
19832,494
19842,346
19852,433
19862,555
19872,578
19882,390
19892,359
19902,168
19911,906
19921,690
19931,531
19941,385
19951,320
19961,219
19971,107
1998987
1999947
2000904
2001881
2002800
2003737
2004668
2005617
2006594
2007566
2008538
2009467
2010450
2011410
2012466
2013460
2014415
2015398
2016373
2017393
2018367
2019317
2020320
2021320
2022294
2023266
2024263
2025249

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Alabama 2.5×
  2. Oregon 2.2×
  3. Oklahoma 2.1×
  4. South Carolina 2.0×
  5. Kentucky 2.0×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
425
Rank in 2025
#651
How rare
1 in 4,019 boys
Since 1880
311,561

Most popular in 1949, at 2,932 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 37% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Alabama2.5×42
Oregon2.2×26
Oklahoma2.1×29
South Carolina2.0×33
Kentucky2.0×31

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.