first name
PHILIP
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 223,037 people named Philip, 83.7% reported their origin as White, 4.6% as Black and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Philip peaked in 1953, when 6,288 babies got the name.
At least 345,173 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Philip by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #117. The largest share of babies named Philip, 32%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Philip is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Philip has been most common in Maine (3×), Massachusetts (2.2×), and Vermont (2.1×), and least common in Nevada (0.37×).
335,870 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Philip
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Philip, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Philip ranks #5,009 of 156,621, with 6,790 people. See Philip as a last name
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