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Phillip

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~232,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#651 among boys
Births in 2025
425 312,891 since 1880
Typical age
51 years, median

Phillip popularity over time

Phillip rank by birth year, 1880–2025Phillip ranked #173 in 1880 and #651 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #64, in 1950.#100#651best #64 in 195018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1960: 6,076 births recorded as Phillip. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 55 separate years.

The 2025 position is #651, on 425 births. The ten-year change is -44%. Year on year the rank dropped by 25.

Babies named Phillip per yearPeaks at 6,076 births in 1960.6,076 in 1960018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Phillip?

Roughly 232,800 Phillips are alive in the US right now. That is out of 312,891 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Phillip?

Median age among living Phillips: 51. The 1980s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Phillip a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Phillip

Ages of living people named PhillipHalf of living Phillips are older than 51 and half younger.median 51020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Phillip is most common

The name is concentrated in Alabama, at 2.5× the national rate. South Carolina, Arkansas and Kentucky follow.

Where Phillip is used more than average5 states use the name Phillip more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: 1.7× the national rateKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: 1.7× the national rateARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: 2.3× the national rateSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 1.7× the national rateOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: 2.5× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Phillip is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Alabama 168 2.5×
South Carolina 142 2.3×
Arkansas 68 1.7×
Kentucky 106 1.7×
Oklahoma 91 1.7×

Phillip in England and Wales

ONS recorded 23 births named Phillip in 2025, ranking it #1,226.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Phillip comes from

A less common spelling of Philip.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Phillip

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Phillip Cocu Dutch association football player and manager 1970 51
Phillip Allen Sharp American biologist 1944 48
Phillip Hughes Australian cricketer 1988–2014 31
Phillip Noyce Australian film director 1950 29
Phillip Phillips American singer 1990 24
Phillip Griffiths American mathematician (1938-) 1938 23
Phillip Rhee American actor 1960 20
Phillip E. Johnson American legal academic 1940–2019 18
Photo credits (7)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

How Phillip is usually spelled

Spellings within one or two letters of each other, and how 2025 births divided between them.
SpellingBirths in 2025Share
Philip 568 57%
Phillip this page 425 43%

Names similar to Phillip

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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