Phillipa

Peak · girls
1939 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
113
since 1917

Phillipa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Phillipa has never cracked the top 4,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #4,250, 1939girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#14,9425
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2021#15,2515
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2019#13,7996
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2014#14,5586
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2012#11,2579
2011#10,37410
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1990#12,9585
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1964#6,7675
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1962#6,5785
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1960#6,3905
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1953#5,6735
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Phillipa! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Phillipa is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Phillipa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Phillipa
Momentum · girls
Brand new
    Rise & fade · girls
    22 yrs to peak
    • Debuted 1917
    • Peaked 1939 at #4,250 (5 births)
    • Births halved by 1940, 1 yr later
    Top of the charts · girls
    Never in the top 1,000
    • Top 10: never
    • Top 100: never
    • Top 1,000: never
    Share of babies · girls
    1 in 175,907
    • Highest: 1 in 175,907 girls born in 2011 were named Phillipa (0.00%)
    • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
    • Its best rank, #4,250 in 1939, was only 1 in 219,322 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
    Era · girls
    The 2010s
    • 27.4% of all girls named Phillipa (31) were born in this decade
    Show by decade
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1910s5#4,594 (1917)#4,594
    1920s6#4,434 (1924)#4,434
    1930s5#4,250 (1939)#4,250
    1940s12#4,673 (1949)#4,719
    1950s18#4,483 (1952)#5,241
    1960s15#6,390 (1960)#6,578
    1970s0——
    1980s6#9,825 (1987)#9,825
    1990s5#12,958 (1990)#12,958
    2000s0——
    2010s31#10,374 (2011)#12,497
    2020s10#14,942 (2025)#15,097

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

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