Philippe

#6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births

Peak · boys
1964 · 54 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,043
since 1914

Philippe over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Philippe has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #1,025, 1964boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,14314
2024#7,25711
2023#4,61022
2022#6,82812
2021#4,78020
2020#5,04118
2019#4,11425
2018#4,73920
2017#4,93519
2016#5,78915
2015#4,54521
2014#4,26323
2013#3,75327
2012#4,39022
2011#6,25613
2010#5,47816
2009#3,91926
2008#3,82327
2007#3,51130
2006#4,00124
2005#3,81524
2004#3,15831
2003#2,67437
2002#2,75534
2001#2,86432
2000#2,42539
1999#1,96649
1998#2,12643
1997#2,26037
1996#2,48331
1995#2,68527
1994#1,86845
1993#1,85045
1992#1,84444
1991#1,91940
1990#1,78044
1989#1,59050
1988#1,42754
1987#1,63642
1986#1,25559
1985#1,41648
1984#1,29451
1983#1,29651
1982#1,32050
1981#1,25953
1980#1,23855
1979#1,17759
1978#1,18656
1977#1,39043
1976#1,42739
1975#1,42938
1974#1,50134
1973#1,87123
1972#1,53531
1971#1,25444
1970#1,27842
1969#1,25240
1968#1,16542
1967#1,19839
1966#1,17840
1965#1,14443
1964#1,02554
1963#1,19542
1962#1,23040
1961#1,49629
1960#1,40032
1959#1,19942
1958#1,27736
1957#1,30036
1956#1,60824
1955#1,50326
1954#1,24236
1953#1,26135
1952#1,48526
1951#1,55323
1950#1,61521
1949#1,38028
1948#1,48724
1947#2,16913
1946#2,27111
1945#2,5748
1944#2,6338
1943#2,07413
1942#2,38610
1941#1,53220
1940#1,89414
1939#3,4805
1938#1,97613
1937#2,19711
1936#3,1476
1935#2,39610
1934#2,12112
1933#3,0047
1932#3,3616
1931#2,32811
1930#1,82117
1929#2,45211
1928#1,76019
1927#3,1518
1926#2,07415
1925#2,75510
1924#2,82210
1923#2,22414
1922#2,24014
1921#2,63211
1920#2,9679
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1918#3,3687
1917#2,09114
1916#3,8975
1915#3,3926
1914#2,4578
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Philippe! It came in at #2,457, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Philippe is popular in 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedMINew York: #775 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 12,105 boysNYMassachusetts: #406 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,840 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,372 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 31,912 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Philippe, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#406 · 1 in 7,840
  2. New York#775 · 1 in 12,105
  3. California#1,372 · 1 in 31,912

Best ever in a state: #146 in Rhode Island, 1957.

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New York#775101 in 12,105
California#1,37271 in 31,912
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Philippe
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,114 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #6,143)
  • 1,102 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #6,143)
  • 1,598 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #6,143)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1964 at #1,025 (54 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 29,179
  • Highest: 1 in 29,179 boys born in 1979 were named Philippe (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,025 in 1964, was only 1 in 36,902 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 16.9% of all boys named Philippe (513) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s40#2,091 (1917)#3,041
1920s121#1,760 (1928)#2,508
1930s98#1,821 (1930)#2,583
1940s149#1,380 (1949)#2,040
1950s305#1,199 (1959)#1,404
1960s401#1,025 (1964)#1,228
1970s409#1,177 (1979)#1,405
1980s513#1,238 (1980)#1,373
1990s405#1,780 (1990)#2,078
2000s304#2,425 (2000)#3,295
2010s201#3,753 (2013)#4,826
2020s97#4,610 (2023)#5,777

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Philippe in 1985

boys
#1,416
48 births · 1 in 38,504 boys

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #1,416Philippe48
More about 1985

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 38,504 of them was named Philippe, which outranked 81.3% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Philippe
  1. #1,389Terron49
  2. #1,389Tj49
  3. #1,389Yitzchok49
  4. #1,416Philippe48
  5. #1,416Demetrice48
  6. #1,416Diamond48
  7. #1,416Eamon48
  8. #1,429Abelardo47
  9. #1,429Albaro47
  10. #1,429Benedict47

Tied with 12 names at #1,416; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1985 →