first name
PHILLIP
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 216,746 people named Phillip, 72% reported their origin as White, 13% as Black and 7.7% 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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Phillip peaked in 1960, when 6,076 babies got the name.
At least 312,891 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.
Phillip by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #131. The largest share of babies named Phillip, 32.2%, 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 Phillip is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Phillip has been most common in New Mexico (1.9×), Alabama (1.8×), and Kentucky (1.7×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.44×).
306,886 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 Phillip
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Phillip, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Phillip ranks #4,948 of 156,621, with 6,901 people. See Phillip as a last name
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