Phil

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Phil first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1959 with 677 babies (rank #300 that year). In 2024 it was given to 6 boys (rank #11,936). The name has been declining over the last five years.
20,098
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
677
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
188012#556
188118#408
188213#534
188323#353
188419#426
188514#518
188618#426
188716#434
188817#477
188919#428
189021#401
189116#455
189220#439
189315#500
189419#458
189515#550
189617#514
189723#401
189819#482
189914#542
190022#508
190121#420
190223#435
190320#483
190421#477
190521#504
190618#560
190723#492
190826#497
190923#554
191032#499
191129#570
191257#528
191373#507
1914101#485
1915120#508
1916108#551
1917133#500
1918155#477
1919130#523
1920130#537
1921157#495
1922136#539
1923156#493
1924154#503
1925140#521
1926155#483
1927168#467
1928153#491
1929157#468
1930185#431
1931207#392
1932217#382
1933209#375
1934273#327
1935264#338
1936285#319
1937289#319
1938310#311
1939332#307
1940354#297
1941392#295
1942405#303
1943415#306
1944407#296
1945387#303
1946543#276
1947659#261
1948575#281
1949438#328
1950359#357
1951288#401
1952256#439
1953258#445
1954236#474
1955297#426
1956335#416
1957495#341
1958576#320
1959677#300
1960626#314
1961633#312
1962613#317
1963474#357
1964479#357
1965359#412
1966271#464
1967210#517
1968193#544
1969195#560
1970155#658
1971144#690
1972121#724
197381#890
197463#1,042
197569#991
197676#961
197765#1,077
197854#1,224
197961#1,166
198049#1,353
198168#1,109
198256#1,251
198345#1,417
198435#1,678
198529#2,002
198643#1,557
198739#1,726
198846#1,589
198947#1,673
199039#1,961
199147#1,740
199235#2,204
199332#2,386
199439#2,112
199522#3,163
199635#2,324
199724#3,135
199824#3,268
199918#4,116
200024#3,506
200119#4,248
200221#4,010
200316#4,982
200418#4,734
200525#3,791
200618#5,014
200720#4,758
200823#4,357
200914#6,345
20108#9,450
20118#9,390
201217#5,433
201316#5,584
201412#6,956
201517#5,459
201616#5,724
201718#5,250
201813#6,609
201914#6,324
20209#8,555
202110#8,006
20228#9,619
20239#8,748
20246#11,936