Phylicia
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 289 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,381since 1968
Phylicia over time
Rank among girls' names. Phylicia has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1996 | #2,398 | 54 |
| 1995 | #2,282 | 58 |
| 1994 | #1,905 | 74 |
| 1993 | #1,694 | 88 |
| 1992 | #1,284 | 133 |
| 1991 | #928 | 207 |
| 1990 | #783 | 257 |
| 1989 | #738 | 266 |
| 1988 | #675 | 286 |
| 1987 | #651 | 289 |
| 1986 | #786 | 214 |
| 1985 | #1,163 | 122 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
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| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
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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 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#774 · 1 in 6,639
- Arizona#802 · 1 in 5,238
- Georgia#844 · 1 in 6,882
- Michigan#873 · 1 in 8,152
- New Jersey#955 · 1 in 9,108
Best ever in a state: #226 in District of Columbia, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #774 | 6 | 1 in 6,639 |
| Arizona | #802 | 5 | 1 in 5,238 |
| Georgia | #844 | 6 | 1 in 6,882 |
| Michigan | #873 | 7 | 1 in 8,152 |
| New Jersey | #955 | 5 | 1 in 9,108 |
| New York | #1,008 | 13 | 1 in 8,931 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,192 | 5 | 1 in 13,692 |
| Illinois | #1,426 | 5 | 1 in 15,056 |
| Florida | #1,443 | 5 | 1 in 15,015 |
| Texas | #1,723 | 7 | 1 in 19,654 |
| California | #1,923 | 11 | 1 in 23,346 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1987 at #651 (289 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1986–1991
- 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%)
- 50.5% of all girls named Phylicia (1,203) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 | #6,617 (1969) | #6,817 |
| 1970s | 11 | #7,388 (1971) | #8,569 |
| 1980s | 1,203 | #651 (1987) | #3,315 |
| 1990s | 962 | #783 (1990) | #2,275 |
| 2000s | 159 | #4,400 (2000) | #7,465 |
| 2010s | 35 | #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 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
More about 1992
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1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 13,864 of them was named Phylicia, which outranked 91.8% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,274Rene134
- #1,274Rhea134
- #1,274Tonisha134
- #1,284Phylicia133
- #1,284Leigha133
- #1,284Presley133
- #1,284Sheridan133
- #1,290Becca132
- #1,290Isis132
- #1,290Kassidy132
Tied with 5 names at #1,284; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.