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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 184 babies (rank #180 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

1,502
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
184
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
1996184#180
1997164#202
1998115#253
199994#291
200092#301
200170#355
200259#395
200362#421
200461#449
200554#510
200656#533
200755#565
200854#596
200952#623
201057#597
201144#730
201259#600
201346#718
201445#725
201544#750
201635#897