NameTides

Philip

Philip was the #527 boys' name in the US in 2025 (568 babies), and #549 in England & Wales and #477 in Canada.

Philip as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Philip as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUSEngland & WalesScotland
Philip as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#527 (568)#549 (71)#560 (5)—#309 (14)#477 (64)—
2024#520 (588)#461 (87)#619 (4)—#327 (12)#478 (63)—
2023#499 (605)#439 (90)#435 (7)—#303 (14)#414 (70)—
2022#491 (619)#385 (110)#590 (4)#311 (5)#251 (19)#419 (69)—
2021#451 (675)#339 (134)#316 (12)#326 (5)#215 (23)#341 (98)—
2020#453 (658)#359 (121)#390 (8)#392 (3)#193 (26)#350 (89)—
2019#439 (696)#396 (110)#355 (9)#365 (4)#214 (24)#323 (100)—
2018#436 (693)#387 (112)#392 (8)#416 (3)#187 (30)#289 (117)—
2017#426 (729)#414 (106)#532 (5)#363 (4)#162 (37)#330 (99)—
2016#435 (712)#322 (146)#315 (12)#358 (4)#159 (39)#311 (111)—
2015#432 (708)#313 (149)#308 (12)#187 (12)#161 (39)#313 (106)—
2014#389 (799)#288 (160)#336 (11)#228 (9)#147 (45)#310 (108)—
2013#387 (769)#288 (154)#316 (12)#303 (5)#147 (43)#281 (117)—
2012#408 (715)#271 (172)#282 (13)#217 (9)#141 (51)#275 (120)—
2011#406 (696)#356 (121)#345 (10)#218 (9)#187 (35)#335 (90)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1948 at #54.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Philip is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 3,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Philip by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #457ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #367NYMassachusetts: #335MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #350INOhio: #363OHPennsylvania: #371PANew Jersey: #377NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #572CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #684TXFlorida: #569FL
Philip (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#38512
Ontario2024#54222

Philip (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PhilipCanadaBoys#47764
PhilipEngland & WalesBoys#54971
PhilipIrelandBoys#30914
PhilipNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PhilipNSWBoys—too few
PhilipScotlandBoys#5605
PhilipUSGirls—too few
PhilipUSBoys#527568