Phylicia

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558

Peak · girls
1987 · 289 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,381
since 1968

Phylicia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Phylicia has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #651, 1987girls
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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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2014#14,5586
2013#16,5475
2012#9,71111
2011#13,3477
2010#14,9596
2009#15,2426
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2007#8,09815
2006#7,14217
2005#7,50015
2004#6,76817
2003#8,50512
2002#5,08623
2001#4,44727
2000#4,40027
1999#4,44525
1998#3,73031
1997#3,30235
1996#2,39854
1995#2,28258
1994#1,90574
1993#1,69488
1992#1,284133
1991#928207
1990#783257
1989#738266
1988#675286
1987#651289
1986#786214
1985#1,163122
1984#5,22213
1983#8,0477
1982#9,2376
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Phylicia! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Phylicia is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,028 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,813 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedWIMichigan: #608 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,206 girlsMINew York: #703 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 5,548 girlsNYMassachusetts: #740 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,747 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedINOhio: #403 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,082 girlsOHPennsylvania: #552 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,840 girlsPANew Jersey: #642 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,330 girlsNJConnecticut: #384 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,728 girlsCTCalifornia: #822 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 6,729 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedNEMissouri: #633 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,475 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #564 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,723 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedARTennessee: #497 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,774 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #555 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,540 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedLAMississippi: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,755 girlsMSAlabama: #586 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,495 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Phylicia, so not publishedHITexas: #1,257 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 12,508 girlsTXFlorida: #947 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,792 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#384 · 1 in 2,728
  2. Ohio#403 · 1 in 3,082
  3. Mississippi#460 · 1 in 2,755
  4. Tennessee#497 · 1 in 3,774
  5. Pennsylvania#552 · 1 in 4,840

Best ever in a state: #226 in District of Columbia, 1987.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#38471 in 2,728
Ohio#403231 in 3,082
Mississippi#46051 in 2,755
Tennessee#49781 in 3,774
Pennsylvania#552151 in 4,840
North Carolina#55591 in 4,540
Virginia#56481 in 4,723
Alabama#58651 in 4,495
Michigan#608121 in 5,206
Missouri#63361 in 5,475
New Jersey#64291 in 5,330
New York#703221 in 5,548
Massachusetts#74051 in 7,747
California#822391 in 6,729
Florida#94791 in 8,792
Illinois#1,02881 in 9,813
Texas#1,257111 in 12,508
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Phylicia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
  • Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1986 (#1,163 → #786)
  • Biggest drop: 356 spots in 1992 (#928 → #1,284)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1987 at #651 (289 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1986–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,016
  • Highest: 1 in 6,016 girls born in 1987 were named Phylicia (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 50.5% of all girls named Phylicia (1,203) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s11#6,617 (1969)#6,817
1970s11#7,388 (1971)#8,569
1980s1,203#651 (1987)#3,315
1990s962#783 (1990)#2,275
2000s159#4,400 (2000)#7,465
2010s35#9,711 (2012)#13,824

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.

Phylicia in 1990

girls
#783
257 births · 1 in 7,387 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #783Phylicia257
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 7,387 of them was named Phylicia, which outranked 94.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Phylicia
  1. #780Kelsea262
  2. #781Kathrine260
  3. #782Olga258
  4. #783Phylicia257
  5. #783Adrianne257
  6. #783Darcy257
  7. #783Monika257
  8. #787Kim256
  9. #787Laci256
  10. #789Jaqueline255

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →