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 Φιλιππος, from a compound of φίλος and ἵππος. 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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 6,043 babies (rank #66 that year). In 2024 it was given to 450 boys (rank #626). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

312,450
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
6,043
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
188075#174
188184#149
1882103#137
188392#137
188489#155
188587#157
188694#151
188780#156
1888116#134
188978#172
189080#174
189174#177
1892104#155
189381#179
1894110#140
189590#178
189689#184
189782#189
189886#183
189988#167
1900127#166
190178#189
190287#191
190392#181
1904127#152
1905127#159
1906122#163
1907124#176
1908131#174
1909146#171
1910167#174
1911212#160
1912306#189
1913369#185
1914537#165
1915628#180
1916723#166
1917722#173
1918730#180
1919741#177
1920840#164
1921914#162
1922920#164
1923844#170
1924900#166
1925942#160
19261,020#154
19271,041#152
19281,077#149
19291,027#151
19301,175#144
19311,176#141
19321,314#134
19331,328#125
19341,577#113
19351,783#107
19361,847#102
19372,005#98
19382,153#95
19392,175#92
19402,628#79
19412,870#77
19423,373#77
19433,251#81
19443,002#83
19453,081#85
19463,775#83
19474,789#74
19485,018#69
19495,201#66
19505,055#64
19514,910#79
19525,002#74
19535,102#76
19545,150#75
19555,410#74
19565,416#76
19575,543#79
19585,273#81
19595,597#74
19606,043#66
19615,977#69
19625,880#68
19635,653#70
19645,503#67
19654,891#70
19664,403#71
19674,049#73
19683,987#71
19694,008#74
19704,275#73
19713,850#76
19723,532#76
19733,861#71
19743,934#70
19753,852#72
19763,790#69
19773,966#70
19784,362#67
19794,422#68
19804,633#65
19814,539#66
19824,520#67
19834,470#66
19844,234#70
19854,495#69
19864,706#70
19874,814#68
19884,574#71
19894,721#75
19904,453#81
19913,851#98
19923,375#107
19933,003#117
19942,675#131
19952,512#137
19962,309#150
19972,087#165
19981,887#178
19991,818#188
20001,776#198
20011,711#209
20021,553#226
20031,455#233
20041,325#247
20051,233#268
20061,220#286
20071,175#292
20081,098#304
2009927#340
2010864#355
2011779#378
2012884#350
2013870#364
2014797#390
2015762#409
2016707#437
2017727#427
2018666#449
2019568#504
2020552#520
2021559#524
2022514#573
2023452#620
2024450#626