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.

Phyllis

#127 most common girls' name of all time · #239 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#127
Rank overall
#239 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
323,367
Since 2016
148
Peak year
1947 #37
Best rank
#24 1929
Girls Boys peak 9,205/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Phyllis 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 7 — 7 #11,949
2024 13 — 13 #7,975
2023 7 — 7 #12,208
2022 15 — 15 #7,285
2021 11 — 11 #8,988
2020 20 — 20 #5,859
2019 15 — 15 #7,344
2018 18 — 18 #6,524
2017 21 — 21 #5,828
2016 21 — 21 #5,989
2015 22 — 22 #5,838
2014 22 — 22 #5,805
2013 19 — 19 #6,464
2012 13 — 13 #8,637
2011 20 — 20 #6,340
2010 25 — 25 #5,417
2009 23 — 23 #5,893
2008 20 — 20 #6,562
2007 24 — 24 #5,716
2006 25 — 25 #5,385
2005 31 — 31 #4,378
2004 26 — 26 #4,951
2003 29 — 29 #4,421
2002 35 — 35 #3,735
2001 42 — 42 #3,260
2000 40 — 40 #3,338
1999 43 — 43 #3,049
1998 46 — 46 #2,849
1997 56 — 56 #2,363
1996 70 — 70 #1,994
1995 69 — 69 #1,984
1994 69 — 69 #2,026
1993 87 — 87 #1,708
1992 79 — 79 #1,820
1991 82 — 82 #1,753
1990 85 — 85 #1,716
1989 95 — 95 #1,506
1988 115 — 115 #1,269
1987 120 — 120 #1,202
1986 107 — 107 #1,261
1985 129 — 129 #1,120
1984 151 — 151 #957
1983 172 — 172 #881
1982 177 — 177 #871
1981 183 — 183 #851
1980 181 — 181 #854
1979 203 — 203 #782
1978 222 — 222 #712
1977 238 — 238 #665
1976 241 — 241 #645
1975 325 — 325 #531
1974 307 — 307 #548
1973 404 — 404 #458
1972 503 — 503 #398
1971 625 7 632 #374
1970 767 — 767 #341
1969 903 — 903 #301
1968 1,088 — 1,088 #251
1967 1,396 7 1,403 #215
1966 1,938 — 1,938 #173
1965 2,464 7 2,471 #155
1964 2,895 10 2,905 #140
1963 3,245 6 3,251 #131
1962 3,496 12 3,508 #129
1961 3,844 16 3,860 #120
1960 4,435 10 4,445 #108
1959 4,685 9 4,694 #103
1958 5,081 14 5,095 #94
1957 5,306 9 5,315 #90
1956 5,642 14 5,656 #82
1955 5,689 20 5,709 #74
1954 5,763 10 5,773 #75
1953 5,961 5 5,966 #69
1952 6,151 11 6,162 #65
1951 6,791 15 6,806 #57
1950 6,695 11 6,706 #53
1949 7,315 18 7,333 #50
1948 7,876 16 7,892 #46
1947 9,187 18 9,205 #37
1946 8,048 24 8,072 #41
1945 6,530 19 6,549 #40
1944 7,022 30 7,052 #40
1943 7,610 28 7,638 #39
1942 7,793 26 7,819 #37
1941 7,346 27 7,373 #35
1940 7,416 34 7,450 #33
1939 7,590 24 7,614 #30
1938 7,644 32 7,676 #28
1937 7,245 27 7,272 #27
1936 7,374 21 7,395 #25
1935 7,370 31 7,401 #27
1934 7,180 22 7,202 #28
1933 7,111 29 7,140 #28
1932 7,308 25 7,333 #30
1931 7,213 22 7,235 #29
1930 7,770 27 7,797 #28
1929 7,995 22 8,017 #24
1928 7,924 24 7,948 #26
1927 7,425 19 7,444 #29
1926 6,921 16 6,937 #33
1925 6,486 16 6,502 #40
1924 6,267 18 6,285 #44
1923 5,476 5 5,481 #45
1922 4,935 10 4,945 #53
1921 4,590 9 4,599 #60
1920 3,852 — 3,852 #72
1919 3,189 — 3,189 #84
1918 3,326 7 3,333 #80
1917 2,696 10 2,706 #92
1916 2,427 5 2,432 #95
1915 2,088 5 2,093 #100
1914 1,407 7 1,414 #113
1913 1,054 5 1,059 #122
1912 779 — 779 #140
1911 527 — 527 #154
1910 392 — 392 #175
1909 352 — 352 #172
1908 288 — 288 #194
1907 262 — 262 #200
1906 195 — 195 #224
1905 183 — 183 #235
1904 181 — 181 #229
1903 150 — 150 #245
1902 164 — 164 #237
1901 124 — 124 #262
1900 124 — 124 #297
1899 111 — 111 #272
1898 108 — 108 #299
1897 67 — 67 #361
1896 69 — 69 #350
1895 65 — 65 #350
1894 56 — 56 #376
1893 53 — 53 #373
1892 31 — 31 #496
1891 31 — 31 #468
1890 42 — 42 #395
1889 25 — 25 #512
1888 29 — 29 #467
1887 18 — 18 #536
1886 20 — 20 #506
1885 11 — 11 #680
1884 16 — 16 #540
1883 15 — 15 #512
1882 8 — 8 #706
1881 5 — 5 #864
1880 6 — 6 #820