Phillis

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #10,745 · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #3,867
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1949 · 118 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,677
since 1882

Phillis over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Phillis has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #800, 1949girls
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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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1999#14,4115—
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1992#9,4918—
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1989#12,3625—
1988#9,2447—
1987#7,3539—
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1985#9,3076—
1984#8,1537—
1983#5,82411—
1982#9,2376—
1981#6,32310—
1980#7,4188—
1979#10,2105—
1978#6,3859—
1977#6,3409—
1976#6,0489—
1975#3,63718—
1974#3,86316—
1973#2,56528—
1972#2,59827—
1971#3,26620—
1970#2,64727—
1969#2,64525—
1968#1,70847—
1967#1,73244—
1966#1,66945—
1965#1,29270—
1964#1,38366—
1963#1,30571—
1962#1,34468—
1961#1,32770—
1960#1,10395—
1959#1,28170—
1958#1,15784—
1957#1,21176—
1956#1,08690—
1955#1,19770—
1954#1,12377—
1953#1,08279—
1952#1,02284—
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1946#89387—
1945#1,02257—
1944#98862—
1943#87080—
1942#89776—
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1924#1,27939#3,8676
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1922#1,19042—
1921#1,34135—
1920#1,23339—
1919#1,04248—
1918#1,56626—
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1916#1,48525—
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1913#1,67013—
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Phillis! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Phillis is popular in 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedNEMissouri: #391 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,390 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedNMKansas: #313 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,564 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Phillis, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#313 · 1 in 2,564
  2. Missouri#391 · 1 in 4,390

Best ever in a state: #278 in Indiana, 1936.

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Kansas#31351 in 2,564
Missouri#39161 in 4,390
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See more about Phillis
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
  • Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1942 (#1,166 → #897)
  • Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1944 (#870 → #988)
Rise & fade · girls
67 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1949 at #800 (118 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1946–1951
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,499
  • Highest: 1 in 14,499 girls born in 1949 were named Phillis (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 227,004 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 22.4% of all girls named Phillis (825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#813 (1882)#813
1890s62#1,047 (1898)#1,210
1900s57#1,204 (1903)#1,583
1910s200#1,042 (1919)#1,674
1920s429#1,051 (1929)#1,184
1930s468#929 (1936)#1,038
1940s771#800 (1949)#941
1950s825#908 (1951)#1,098
1960s601#1,103 (1960)#1,551
1970s168#2,565 (1973)#4,756
1980s69#5,824 (1983)#8,358
1990s13#9,491 (1992)#11,951
2000s8#10,745 (2000)#10,745

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.

Phillis in 1935

girls
#1,031
45 births · 1 in 23,302 girls

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,031Phillis45
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 23,302 of them was named Phillis, which outranked 78.9% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Phillis
  1. #1,018Letty46
  2. #1,018Luz46
  3. #1,018Nannette46
  4. #1,031Phillis45
  5. #1,031Alexandra45
  6. #1,031Erlene45
  7. #1,031Josefa45
  8. #1,039Albertine44
  9. #1,039Berneice44
  10. #1,039Dian44

Tied with 7 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →