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.

Philo

#8,374 most common boys' name of all time · #21,144 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#8,374
Rank overall
#21,144 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
390
Since 2016
100
Peak year
2017 #6,348
Best rank
#923 1881
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Philo 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 — 6 6 #10,718
2024 — 10 10 #7,775
2023 — 11 11 #7,300
2022 — 9 9 #8,323
2021 — 9 9 #8,181
2020 — 8 8 #8,752
2019 — 10 10 #7,657
2018 — 13 13 #6,361
2017 — 13 13 #6,348
2016 — 11 11 #7,167
2015 — 6 6 #10,671
2014 — 9 9 #8,141
2013 — 8 8 #8,822
2011 — 5 5 #12,311
2010 — 6 6 #10,797
2005 — 5 5 #11,506
2003 — 6 6 #9,615
1975 — 5 5 #5,505
1958 — 5 5 #3,983
1957 — 6 6 #3,589
1955 — 6 6 #3,539
1951 — 7 7 #3,088
1949 — 7 7 #3,044
1943 — 9 9 #2,585
1940 — 5 5 #3,495
1938 — 7 7 #2,900
1936 — 11 11 #2,202
1935 — 9 9 #2,560
1934 — 5 5 #3,718
1933 — 7 7 #3,026
1932 — 6 6 #3,395
1930 — 10 10 #2,633
1929 — 5 5 #4,000
1928 — 7 7 #3,387
1927 — 7 7 #3,478
1926 — 7 7 #3,408
1925 — 9 9 #2,965
1924 — 9 9 #3,039
1922 — 9 9 #3,034
1921 — 10 10 #2,831
1920 — 7 7 #3,515
1919 — 5 5 #4,202
1918 — 11 11 #2,567
1917 — 9 9 #2,750
1916 — 10 10 #2,561
1915 — 9 9 #2,644
1914 — 6 6 #2,944
1912 — 5 5 #2,573
1889 — 5 5 #1,035
1881 — 5 5 #923
1880 — 5 5 #1,029