Name Trends

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How popular is “Phil” in the USA?

Number of people named “Phil” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Phil” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Phil” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Phil” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Phil” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Phil” by birth year

This chart shows how “Phil” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 13 0.000058682 13 -100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 -100%
1884 19 0.000078041 19 -100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 -100%
1886 18 0.000070501 18 -100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 -100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 -100%
1889 19 0.000065756 19 -100%
1890 21 0.000069675 21 -100%
1891 16 0.000055813 16 -100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 -100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 -100%
1894 19 0.000056098 19 -100%
1895 15 0.000042733 15 -100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 -100%
1897 23 0.000066291 23 -100%
1898 19 0.000049809 19 -100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 -100%
1900 22 0.000048861 22 -100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 -100%
1902 23 0.000059473 23 -100%
1903 20 0.000052466 20 -100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 -100%
1905 21 0.000049537 21 -100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 -100%
1907 23 0.000049421 23 -100%
1908 26 0.000053208 26 -100%
1909 23 0.00004499 23 -100%
1910 32 0.000054172 32 -100%
1911 29 0.000045012 29 -100%
1912 62 0.000062749 5 57 -84%
1913 73 0.000064198 73 -100%
1914 101 0.00007131 101 -100%
1915 120 0.000065487 120 -100%
1916 108 0.000055831 108 -100%
1917 133 0.000066276 133 -100%
1918 155 0.000071392 155 -100%
1919 130 0.000061604 130 -100%
1920 130 0.000057455 130 -100%
1921 157 0.000067252 157 -100%
1922 136 0.000059411 136 -100%
1923 163 0.000070793 7 156 -91%
1924 161 0.000067601 7 154 -91%
1925 140 0.000060001 140 -100%
1926 161 0.000070125 6 155 -93%
1927 174 0.000075021 6 168 -93%
1928 158 0.000069883 5 153 -94%
1929 157 0.000071619 157 -100%
1930 185 0.00008321 185 -100%
1931 207 0.000098366 207 -100%
1932 217 0.000102781 217 -100%
1933 209 0.000104529 209 -100%
1934 273 0.000131451 273 -100%
1935 264 0.000126322 264 -100%
1936 285 0.000137179 285 -100%
1937 289 0.000135638 289 -100%
1938 310 0.000140108 310 -100%
1939 332 0.000150673 332 -100%
1940 354 0.000153734 354 -100%
1941 392 0.000160891 392 -100%
1942 405 0.000148253 405 -100%
1943 420 0.000148801 5 415 -98%
1944 407 0.000151297 407 -100%
1945 392 0.000147762 5 387 -97%
1946 543 0.000169937 543 -100%
1947 659 0.000182938 659 -100%
1948 575 0.000166545 575 -100%
1949 443 0.000127124 5 438 -98%
1950 359 0.000102473 359 -100%
1951 288 0.000078181 288 -100%
1952 262 0.000068984 6 256 -95%
1953 258 0.00006695 258 -100%
1954 241 0.000060542 5 236 -96%
1955 297 0.000073971 297 -100%
1956 335 0.000081251 335 -100%
1957 495 0.000117797 495 -100%
1958 581 0.000140545 5 576 -98%
1959 677 0.000162819 677 -100%
1960 631 0.000151909 5 626 -98%
1961 633 0.000152814 633 -100%
1962 613 0.000151907 613 -100%
1963 474 0.000119751 474 -100%
1964 479 0.000123212 479 -100%
1965 359 0.000099022 359 -100%
1966 271 0.000077971 271 -100%
1967 210 0.000061858 210 -100%
1968 193 0.000057127 193 -100%
1969 195 0.00005611 195 -100%
1970 155 0.000042978 155 -100%
1971 144 0.000041954 144 -100%
1972 121 0.000038498 121 -100%
1973 81 0.000026849 81 -100%
1974 63 0.000020724 63 -100%
1975 69 0.000022852 69 -100%
1976 76 0.000025047 76 -100%
1977 65 0.000020463 65 -100%
1978 54 0.000017014 54 -100%
1979 61 0.000018335 61 -100%
1980 49 0.000014226 49 -100%
1981 68 0.000019657 68 -100%
1982 56 0.000015964 56 -100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 -100%
1984 35 0.000010032 35 -100%
1985 29 0.000008125 29 -100%
1986 43 0.000012089 43 -100%
1987 39 0.000010816 39 -100%
1988 46 0.000012449 46 -100%
1989 47 0.000012225 47 -100%
1990 39 0.000009867 39 -100%
1991 47 0.000012066 47 -100%
1992 35 0.000009112 35 -100%
1993 32 0.000008487 32 -100%
1994 39 0.00001049 39 -100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 -100%
1996 35 0.000009596 35 -100%
1997 24 0.000006619 24 -100%
1998 24 0.000006525 24 -100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 -100%
2000 24 0.000006349 24 -100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 21 0.000005618 21 -100%
2003 16 0.000004208 16 -100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 -100%
2005 25 0.000006502 25 -100%
2006 18 0.00000455 18 -100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 -100%
2008 23 0.000005851 23 -100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 -100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 -100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 -100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 -100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 -100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 -100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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