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.

Phillips

#4,025 most common boys' name of all time · #9,859 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1904–2023

Rank among boys
#4,025
Rank overall
#9,859 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
100 of 146
All-time
1,331
Since 2016
27
Peak year
1949 #1,288
Best rank
#1,147 1909
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
192019401960198020002020

Phillips first appears in 1904. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 — 7 7 #9,798
2021 — 5 5 #12,247
2019 — 8 8 #8,939
2018 — 7 7 #9,723
2015 — 5 5 #12,164
2010 — 5 5 #12,318
2005 — 5 5 #11,556
2003 — 14 14 #5,288
2002 — 5 5 #10,770
2001 — 12 12 #5,699
2000 — 7 7 #8,264
1999 — 6 6 #8,773
1998 — 8 8 #6,886
1997 — 10 10 #5,683
1996 — 9 9 #6,024
1995 — 7 7 #7,056
1994 — 8 8 #6,425
1993 — 13 13 #4,481
1992 — 10 10 #5,278
1991 — 16 16 #3,656
1990 — 18 18 #3,339
1989 — 15 15 #3,650
1988 — 11 11 #4,216
1987 — 12 12 #3,770
1986 — 13 13 #3,479
1985 — 17 17 #2,853
1984 — 9 9 #4,266
1983 — 16 16 #2,810
1982 — 14 14 #3,150
1981 — 10 10 #3,902
1980 — 7 7 #5,016
1978 — 15 15 #2,839
1977 — 14 14 #2,932
1976 — 7 7 #4,508
1975 — 7 7 #4,395
1974 — 6 6 #4,716
1973 — 11 11 #3,063
1972 — 10 10 #3,208
1971 — 7 7 #4,056
1970 — 12 12 #2,782
1969 — 10 10 #2,918
1968 — 9 9 #2,962
1967 — 8 8 #3,066
1966 — 11 11 #2,532
1965 — 9 9 #2,842
1964 — 19 19 #1,868
1963 — 14 14 #2,246
1962 — 13 13 #2,310
1961 — 19 19 #1,908
1960 — 14 14 #2,245
1959 — 15 15 #2,153
1958 — 10 10 #2,695
1957 — 15 15 #2,136
1956 — 20 20 #1,787
1955 — 18 18 #1,874
1954 — 13 13 #2,255
1953 — 15 15 #2,071
1952 — 15 15 #2,039
1951 — 17 17 #1,878
1950 — 19 19 #1,731
1949 — 32 32 #1,288
1948 — 17 17 #1,851
1947 — 15 15 #2,022
1946 — 18 18 #1,734
1945 — 18 18 #1,610
1944 — 14 14 #1,937
1943 — 16 16 #1,874
1942 — 7 7 #3,037
1941 — 23 23 #1,438
1940 — 16 16 #1,778
1939 — 13 13 #2,007
1938 — 17 17 #1,723
1937 — 20 20 #1,565
1936 — 16 16 #1,779
1935 — 14 14 #1,983
1934 — 21 21 #1,531
1933 — 14 14 #1,958
1932 — 19 19 #1,688
1931 — 19 19 #1,669
1930 — 23 23 #1,550
1929 — 16 16 #1,976
1928 — 21 21 #1,688
1927 — 17 17 #2,006
1926 — 15 15 #2,127
1925 — 17 17 #1,984
1924 — 23 23 #1,664
1923 — 22 22 #1,676
1922 — 16 16 #2,102
1921 — 14 14 #2,322
1920 — 12 12 #2,515
1919 — 21 21 #1,671
1918 — 18 18 #1,874
1917 — 18 18 #1,794
1916 — 16 16 #1,912
1915 — 13 13 #2,129
1914 — 12 12 #1,928
1913 — 7 7 #2,375
1912 — 7 7 #2,166
1909 — 8 8 #1,147
1904 — 5 5 #1,389