Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: EnglishPhilip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Greek ฮฆฮนฮปฮนฯฯฮฟฯ, from a compound of ฯฮฏฮปฮฟฯ and แผตฯฯฮฟฯ. Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity. Philip has many alternative spellings.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Phillip yields these three numbers โ a playful read on the name's character.
→ See names similar to Phillip · Compare Phillip with another name โ · Popular names of the 1950s · Boys names starting with P
Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 596 | #14 |
| 1953 | 552 | #17 |
| 1954 | 503 | #19 |
| 1955 | 495 | #18 |
| 1956 | 517 | #18 |
| 1957 | 486 | #17 |
| 1958 | 461 | #19 |
| 1959 | 430 | #23 |
| 1960 | 539 | #27 |
| 1961 | 474 | #32 |
| 1962 | 497 | #28 |
| 1963 | 482 | #29 |
| 1964 | 398 | #35 |
| 1965 | 410 | #31 |
| 1966 | 362 | #34 |
| 1967 | 352 | #36 |
| 1968 | 355 | #38 |
| 1969 | 363 | #39 |
| 1970 | 324 | #43 |
| 1971 | 307 | #49 |
| 1972 | 339 | #43 |
| 1973 | 282 | #50 |
| 1974 | 294 | #49 |
| 1975 | 251 | #52 |
| 1976 | 270 | #49 |
| 1977 | 270 | #48 |
| 1978 | 226 | #51 |
| 1979 | 311 | #37 |
| 1980 | 273 | #44 |
| 1981 | 250 | #56 |
| 1982 | 264 | #53 |
| 1983 | 257 | #53 |
| 1984 | 284 | #48 |
| 1985 | 247 | #53 |
| 1986 | 265 | #53 |
| 1987 | 204 | #60 |
| 1988 | 220 | #63 |
| 1989 | 181 | #72 |
| 1990 | 174 | #75 |
| 1991 | 201 | #68 |
| 1992 | 183 | #74 |
| 1993 | 100 | #94 |
| 1994 | 94 | #99 |
| 2014 | 3 | #470 |
| 2015 | 2 | #698 |
| 2016 | 3 | #497 |
| 2017 | 4 | #376 |
