Philip

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Korean

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

Philip first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 80 babies (rank #214 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Philip

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Philip yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,437
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
80
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
195544#232
195640#251
195736#266
195849#235
195954#231
196055#232
196153#248
196245#271
196363#233
196456#255
196552#263
196667#232
196769#231
196862#241
196967#243
197059#262
197180#214
197263#239
197346#279
197444#285
197536#317
197646#278
197741#290
197838#306
197939#301
198052#267
198140#313
198250#274
198344#291
198450#273
198561#245
198657#262
198774#223
198854#275
198961#264
199051#314
199151#316
199252#313
199367#262
199469#255
199558#290
199662#279
199776#235
199864#276
199969#269
200072#253
200170#261
200262#289
200362#286
200466#259
200573#244
200657#281
200763#245
200855#269
200973#212
201057#251
201165#227
201260#229
201366#212
201470#198