NameTides

Phillip

Phillip was the #651 boys' name in the US in 2025 (425 babies), and #1,226 in England & Wales and #1,167 in Canada.

Phillip as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Phillip 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Phillip 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#651 (425)#1,226 (23)———#1,167 (21)—
2024#626 (453)#1,460 (18)——#785 (3)#767 (34)—
2023#616 (455)#1,139 (25)———#1,015 (23)—
2022#572 (514)#1,143 (24)———#944 (25)—
2021#524 (559)#1,250 (21)———#833 (30)—
2020#519 (553)#1,314 (19)#711 (3)——#716 (35)—
2019#503 (569)#1,253 (20)———#583 (46)—
2018#449 (666)#835 (37)——#572 (5)#572 (47)—
2017#427 (727)#968 (31)#733 (3)——#596 (44)—
2016#437 (707)#884 (35)———#697 (37)—
2015#408 (762)#740 (44)———#624 (42)—
2014#390 (798)#714 (45)——#609 (4)#525 (53)—
2013#362 (870)#709 (46)———#611 (43)—
2012#350 (884)#592 (59)#568 (4)#403 (3)—#779 (30)—
2011#378 (779)#718 (44)——#540 (5)#609 (41)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1949 at #66.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 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 4,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Phillip is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Phillip by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #545INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #708CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #435VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #499TNNorth Carolina: #621NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #915TXFlorida: #585FL
Phillip (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
Ontario2024#1,03310

Phillip (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
PhillipCanadaBoys#1,16721
PhillipEngland & WalesBoys#1,22623
PhillipIrelandBoys—too few
PhillipNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PhillipNSWBoys—too few
PhillipScotlandBoys—too few
PhillipUSGirls—too few
PhillipUSBoys#651425