How rare is the name Philippe?

5,418 people in the United States have the first name Philippe, about 1 in 55,746. It ranks #3,734 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PHILIPPE

#3,734

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,418
About
1 in 55,746
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,418 people named Philippe, 64.6% reported their origin as White, 20.1% as Black and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Philippe peaked in 1979, when 59 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1979
Births that year
59
In 2025*
14 ▼76%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,043 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Philippe by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,941. The largest share of babies named Philippe, 24.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#6,46940
1920s#4,768121
1930s#4,76598
1940s#4,009149
1950s#3,147305
1960s#2,941401
1970s#3,356409
1980s#3,371513
1990s#4,924405
2000s#7,535304
2010s#10,584201
2020s#11,88597
Greatest Generation 1901–274.3%
Silent Generation 1928–456.6%
Baby boom 1946–6419%
Generation X 1965–8022%
Millennials 1981–9624.1%
Generation Z 1997–1215.9%
2013 and later8.1%

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 Philippe is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Philippe has been most common in New York (5.9×), Massachusetts (4.4×), and Florida (3×), and least common in California (2.5×).

1,149 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 Philippe

#3,732 Leobardo · 5,421#3,732 Romina · 5,421#3,735 Kit · 5,404#3,736 Tenzin · 5,399

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Philippe, most common first.

#250 Philip · 223,037#8,097 Philippa · 1,815#9,267 Philipp · 1,513#13,556 Phillipe · 888#19,790 Philipe · 530#25,533 Phillippe · 371#32,331 Phillippa · 261#46,361 Philipa · 144

Also a last name

As a last name, Philippe ranks #12,275 of 156,621, with 2,421 people. See Philippe as a last name

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