Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Phillip

#118 most common boys' name of all time · #248 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#118
Rank overall
#248 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
312,891
Since 2016
5,628
Peak year
1960 #66
Best rank
#64 1950
Girls Boys peak 6,076/yr
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Phillip is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 425 425 #651
2024 — 453 453 #626
2023 — 455 455 #616
2022 — 514 514 #572
2021 — 559 559 #525
2020 — 553 553 #519
2019 — 569 569 #503
2018 — 666 666 #449
2017 — 727 727 #427
2016 — 707 707 #437
2015 — 762 762 #408
2014 — 798 798 #390
2013 — 870 870 #362
2012 — 884 884 #350
2011 — 779 779 #378
2010 — 864 864 #354
2009 — 927 927 #340
2008 — 1,098 1,098 #304
2007 — 1,175 1,175 #292
2006 — 1,220 1,220 #286
2005 5 1,233 1,238 #268
2004 — 1,325 1,325 #247
2003 — 1,455 1,455 #233
2002 — 1,553 1,553 #226
2001 5 1,711 1,716 #209
2000 — 1,776 1,776 #198
1999 — 1,818 1,818 #188
1998 — 1,887 1,887 #178
1997 6 2,087 2,093 #165
1996 8 2,309 2,317 #150
1995 5 2,513 2,518 #137
1994 7 2,675 2,682 #131
1993 10 3,003 3,013 #117
1992 8 3,375 3,383 #107
1991 7 3,851 3,858 #98
1990 13 4,454 4,467 #81
1989 26 4,721 4,747 #75
1988 27 4,576 4,603 #71
1987 26 4,813 4,839 #68
1986 33 4,705 4,738 #70
1985 39 4,496 4,535 #69
1984 29 4,234 4,263 #70
1983 37 4,470 4,507 #66
1982 32 4,520 4,552 #67
1981 34 4,539 4,573 #66
1980 36 4,633 4,669 #65
1979 32 4,422 4,454 #68
1978 37 4,362 4,399 #67
1977 24 3,967 3,991 #70
1976 24 3,789 3,813 #69
1975 25 3,853 3,878 #72
1974 29 3,934 3,963 #70
1973 24 3,861 3,885 #71
1972 22 3,532 3,554 #75
1971 25 3,850 3,875 #76
1970 36 4,275 4,311 #73
1969 24 4,006 4,030 #74
1968 18 3,987 4,005 #71
1967 22 4,049 4,071 #73
1966 29 4,402 4,431 #71
1965 16 4,891 4,907 #70
1964 18 5,502 5,520 #67
1963 30 5,655 5,685 #70
1962 28 5,881 5,909 #68
1961 22 5,976 5,998 #69
1960 29 6,047 6,076 #66
1959 24 5,597 5,621 #74
1958 21 5,273 5,294 #81
1957 27 5,544 5,571 #79
1956 24 5,414 5,438 #76
1955 16 5,411 5,427 #74
1954 16 5,149 5,165 #75
1953 10 5,103 5,113 #76
1952 12 5,001 5,013 #74
1951 14 4,910 4,924 #79
1950 24 5,055 5,079 #64
1949 17 5,201 5,218 #66
1948 8 5,018 5,026 #69
1947 11 4,789 4,800 #74
1946 13 3,775 3,788 #83
1945 — 3,081 3,081 #85
1944 8 3,002 3,010 #83
1943 8 3,251 3,259 #81
1942 13 3,373 3,386 #77
1941 8 2,871 2,879 #77
1940 — 2,628 2,628 #79
1939 7 2,175 2,182 #92
1938 9 2,154 2,163 #95
1937 7 2,005 2,012 #98
1936 — 1,847 1,847 #102
1935 7 1,783 1,790 #107
1934 — 1,577 1,577 #113
1933 6 1,328 1,334 #125
1932 13 1,314 1,327 #134
1931 10 1,176 1,186 #141
1930 9 1,175 1,184 #144
1929 10 1,027 1,037 #151
1928 — 1,078 1,078 #149
1927 16 1,040 1,056 #152
1926 9 1,020 1,029 #154
1925 12 942 954 #160
1924 6 900 906 #166
1923 6 844 850 #170
1922 5 920 925 #164
1921 6 914 920 #162
1920 — 840 840 #164
1919 6 741 747 #177
1918 5 730 735 #180
1917 — 722 722 #173
1916 — 723 723 #165
1915 — 628 628 #180
1914 — 537 537 #165
1913 — 369 369 #184
1912 — 306 306 #189
1911 — 212 212 #159
1910 — 167 167 #173
1909 — 146 146 #171
1908 — 131 131 #173
1907 — 124 124 #175
1906 — 122 122 #162
1905 — 127 127 #159
1904 — 127 127 #152
1903 — 92 92 #181
1902 — 87 87 #191
1901 — 78 78 #188
1900 — 127 127 #166
1899 — 88 88 #167
1898 — 86 86 #183
1897 — 82 82 #189
1896 — 89 89 #183
1895 — 90 90 #176
1894 — 110 110 #140
1893 — 81 81 #179
1892 — 104 104 #155
1891 — 74 74 #177
1890 — 80 80 #174
1889 — 78 78 #172
1888 — 116 116 #134
1887 — 80 80 #156
1886 — 94 94 #150
1885 — 87 87 #157
1884 — 89 89 #156
1883 — 92 92 #139
1882 — 103 103 #138
1881 — 84 84 #149
1880 — 75 75 #174