Phineas
#2,549 most common boys' name of all time · #6,147 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#2,549
Rank overall
#6,147 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
2,803
Since 2016
1,203
Peak year
2016 #1,279
Best rank
#1,030 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 142/yr
Phineas 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,610 |
| 2024 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,541 |
| 2023 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,701 |
| 2022 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,612 |
| 2021 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,397 |
| 2020 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,424 |
| 2019 | — | 118 | 118 | #1,469 |
| 2018 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,328 |
| 2017 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,375 |
| 2016 | — | 142 | 142 | #1,279 |
| 2015 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,660 |
| 2014 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,515 |
| 2013 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,580 |
| 2012 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,524 |
| 2011 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,247 |
| 2009 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,332 |
| 2008 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,428 |
| 2007 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,713 |
| 2006 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,997 |
| 2005 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,573 |
| 2004 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,650 |
| 2003 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,584 |
| 2002 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,191 |
| 2001 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,148 |
| 2000 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,153 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,775 |
| 1998 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,029 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,302 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,513 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,014 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,795 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,156 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,281 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,646 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,313 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,719 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,648 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,429 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,308 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,301 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,040 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,215 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,471 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,951 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,014 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,348 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,661 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,114 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,302 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,464 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,722 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,728 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,763 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,496 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,570 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,719 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,310 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,816 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,048 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,163 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,241 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,558 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,839 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,203 |
| 1918 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,901 |
| 1917 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,584 |
| 1916 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,750 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,861 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,127 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,033 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,030 |