Phillips
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #9,763
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,331since 1904
Phillips over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Phillips has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1955 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,533 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1904
The first year at least five boys were named Phillips! It came in at #1,205, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Phillips is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Phillips in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Phillips
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1909 at #1,083 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1910, 1 yr 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 20,500
- Highest: 1 in 20,500 boys born in 1909 were named Phillips (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,368 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 13.2% of all boys named Phillips (176) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 13 | #1,083 (1909) | #1,144 |
| 1910s | 112 | #1,624 (1919) | #1,914 |
| 1920s | 173 | #1,628 (1924) | #1,958 |
| 1930s | 176 | #1,498 (1934) | #1,706 |
| 1940s | 176 | #1,275 (1949) | #1,816 |
| 1950s | 157 | #1,701 (1950) | #2,025 |
| 1960s | 126 | #1,850 (1964) | #2,441 |
| 1970s | 89 | #2,739 (1970) | #3,549 |
| 1980s | 124 | #2,787 (1983) | #3,669 |
| 1990s | 105 | #3,309 (1990) | #5,716 |
| 2000s | 43 | #5,271 (2003) | #8,257 |
| 2010s | 25 | #8,889 (2019) | #10,719 |
| 2020s | 12 | #9,763 (2023) | #10,955 |
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.
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