Phillip

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Greek ฮฆฮนฮปฮนฯ€ฯ€ฮฟฯ‚, from a compound of ฯ†ฮฏฮปฮฟฯ‚ and แผตฯ€ฯ€ฮฟฯ‚. 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

Phillip first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 219 babies (rank #165 that year). In 2024 it was given to 34 boys (rank #788). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Phillip

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.

2,339
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
219
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991219#165
1992187#180
1993137#222
1994123#223
1995126#236
1996117#244
199798#276
199878#318
199989#279
200094#263
200180#304
200269#331
200366#355
200450#461
200548#479
200655#460
200753#506
200835#682
200944#610
201034#726
201142#613
201230#793
201345#604
201453#529
201542#635
201637#711
201744#608
201848#572
201946#593
202035#731
202130#849
202227#932
202324#1,016
202434#788