NameTides

Phineas

Phineas was the #1,609 boys' name in the US in 2025 (105 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales.

Phineas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Phineas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Phineas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,609 (105)#2,664 (8)—
2024#1,540 (114)#2,089 (11)#2,710 (6)
2023#1,701 (99)#1,907 (12)#2,921 (5)
2022#1,611 (108)#2,019 (11)#1,895 (9)
2021#1,397 (131)#1,860 (12)#1,342 (15)
2020#1,423 (121)#1,548 (15)#2,013 (8)
2019#1,468 (118)#1,655 (14)#1,998 (8)
2018#1,328 (136)#1,991 (11)—
2017#1,373 (129)#2,734 (7)#2,439 (6)
2016#1,279 (142)#3,079 (6)#2,182 (7)
2015#1,657 (95)#2,483 (8)#2,139 (7)
2014#1,514 (106)#2,964 (6)#1,778 (9)
2013#1,578 (98)#2,403 (8)#2,086 (7)
2012#1,523 (105)#1,589 (15)—
2011#1,385 (120)#3,300 (5)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #1,279.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 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 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Phineas is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Phineas by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Phineas (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PhineasCanadaBoys—too few
PhineasEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
PhineasUSBoys#1,609105