Phylis

Where Phylis comes from

Phylis hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #1,583 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1943
    Peak, #788
    97 babies named Phylis — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,672.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Phylis Jepkemoi Bartoo · Kenyan politician- Member of Parliament for Moiben Constituency, Uasin Gishu County

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.