Phyliss
Last seen for girls in 1983 at #9,015
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 54 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,406since 1909
Phyliss over time
Rank among girls' names. Phyliss has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 |
| 1964 | #2,109 | 32 |
| 1963 | #1,649 | 48 |
| 1962 | #1,607 | 49 |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 |
| 1957 | #1,427 | 55 |
| 1956 | #1,506 | 50 |
| 1955 | #1,361 | 54 |
| 1954 | #1,285 | 59 |
| 1953 | #1,288 | 57 |
| 1952 | #1,269 | 56 |
| 1951 | #1,109 | 70 |
| 1950 | #1,114 | 68 |
| 1949 | #1,165 | 61 |
| 1948 | #1,144 | 61 |
| 1947 | #1,068 | 69 |
| 1946 | #1,101 | 60 |
| 1945 | #1,122 | 49 |
| 1944 | #1,153 | 46 |
| 1943 | #1,181 | 47 |
| 1942 | #1,101 | 51 |
| 1941 | #993 | 54 |
| 1940 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1939 | #1,091 | 43 |
| 1938 | #1,045 | 47 |
| 1937 | #1,160 | 38 |
| 1936 | #1,022 | 46 |
| 1935 | #1,039 | 44 |
| 1934 | #1,344 | 29 |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,116 | 41 |
| 1931 | #995 | 49 |
| 1930 | #1,320 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,212 | 38 |
| 1928 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1927 | #1,261 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,357 | 34 |
| 1925 | #1,210 | 41 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 |
| 1923 | #1,142 | 45 |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
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| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Phyliss! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1910, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Phyliss is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#576 · 1 in 13,821
Best ever in a state: #306 in Kansas, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #576 | 6 | 1 in 13,821 |
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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 Phyliss
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 325 spots in 1931 (#1,320 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1932 (#995 → #1,116)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1941 at #993 (54 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1931–1941
- Highest: 1 in 21,729 girls born in 1931 were named Phyliss (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 278,435 girls born in 1983 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #993 in 1941, was only 1 in 22,373 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.8% of all girls named Phyliss (549) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 (1909) | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 131 | #1,451 (1918) | #1,980 |
| 1920s | 358 | #1,142 (1923) | #1,326 |
| 1930s | 407 | #995 (1931) | #1,129 |
| 1940s | 541 | #993 (1941) | #1,113 |
| 1950s | 549 | #1,109 (1951) | #1,382 |
| 1960s | 336 | #1,553 (1961) | #2,265 |
| 1970s | 60 | #4,246 (1970) | #7,122 |
| 1980s | 19 | #8,128 (1981) | #8,746 |
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.
Phyliss in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 29,383 of them was named Phyliss, which outranked 77.0% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,195Marcelina39
- #1,195Rosaria39
- #1,195Shirlie39
- #1,212Phyliss38
- #1,212Antonetta38
- #1,212Ardeth38
- #1,212Athena38
- #1,223Alfred37
- #1,223Annamarie37
- #1,223Clemmie37
Tied with 10 names at #1,212; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.