How popular is “Phillip” in the USA?

Number of people named “Phillip” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Phillip” 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 “Phillip” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Phillip” by birth year

This chart shows how “Phillip” 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	75	0.000372238		75	-100%
1881	84	0.000435938		84	-100%
1882	103	0.000464942		103	-100%
1883	92	0.000424069		92	-100%
1884	89	0.000365562		89	-100%
1885	87	0.000361215		87	-100%
1886	94	0.000368171		94	-100%
1887	80	0.000323373		80	-100%
1888	116	0.000387346		116	-100%
1889	78	0.000269947		78	-100%
1890	80	0.000265427		80	-100%
1891	74	0.000258134		74	-100%
1892	104	0.000311029		104	-100%
1893	81	0.00024906		81	-100%
1894	110	0.000324781		110	-100%
1895	90	0.000256396		90	-100%
1896	89	0.000248962		89	-100%
1897	82	0.000236341		82	-100%
1898	86	0.000225453		86	-100%
1899	88	0.000259408		88	-100%
1900	127	0.000282061		127	-100%
1901	78	0.000225556		78	-100%
1902	87	0.000224961		87	-100%
1903	92	0.000241343		92	-100%
1904	127	0.000314758		127	-100%
1905	127	0.000299583		127	-100%
1906	122	0.000284747		122	-100%
1907	124	0.000266443		124	-100%
1908	131	0.000268086		131	-100%
1909	146	0.000285589		146	-100%
1910	167	0.00028271		167	-100%
1911	212	0.00032905		212	-100%
1912	306	0.000309697		306	-100%
1913	369	0.000324507		369	-100%
1914	537	0.000379145		537	-100%
1915	628	0.000342715		628	-100%
1916	723	0.000373756		723	-100%
1917	722	0.000359786		722	-100%
1918	735	0.000338536	5	730	-99%
1919	747	0.000353987	6	741	-98%
1920	840	0.000371247		840	-100%
1921	920	0.000394088	6	914	-99%
1922	925	0.000404079	5	920	-99%
1923	850	0.000369167	6	844	-99%
1924	906	0.000380415	6	900	-99%
1925	954	0.000408863	12	942	-97%
1926	1029	0.000448189	9	1020	-98%
1927	1057	0.00045573	16	1041	-97%
1928	1077	0.000476351		1077	-100%
1929	1037	0.000473049	10	1027	-98%
1930	1184	0.000532545	9	1175	-98%
1931	1186	0.000563584	10	1176	-98%
1932	1327	0.000628525	13	1314	-98%
1933	1334	0.000667184	6	1328	-99%
1934	1577	0.000759335		1577	-100%
1935	1790	0.0008565	7	1783	-99%
1936	1847	0.000889016		1847	-100%
1937	2012	0.000944304	7	2005	-99%
1938	2162	0.000977142	9	2153	-99%
1939	2182	0.000990269	7	2175	-99%
1940	2628	0.001141276		2628	-100%
1941	2878	0.001181239	8	2870	-99%
1942	3386	0.001239468	13	3373	-99%
1943	3259	0.001154626	8	3251	-100%
1944	3010	0.001118926	8	3002	-99%
1945	3081	0.001161366		3081	-100%
1946	3788	0.001185489	13	3775	-99%
1947	4800	0.001332474	11	4789	-100%
1948	5026	0.001455749	8	5018	-100%
1949	5218	0.00149737	17	5201	-99%
1950	5079	0.001449752	24	5055	-99%
1951	4924	0.001336685	14	4910	-99%
1952	5014	0.001320167	12	5002	-100%
1953	5112	0.001326537	10	5102	-100%
1954	5166	0.001297759	16	5150	-99%
1955	5426	0.001351405	16	5410	-99%
1956	5440	0.001319416	24	5416	-99%
1957	5570	0.001325514	27	5543	-99%
1958	5294	0.00128063	21	5273	-99%
1959	5621	0.001351854	24	5597	-99%
1960	6072	0.001461789	29	6043	-99%
1961	5999	0.001448229	22	5977	-99%
1962	5908	0.001464053	28	5880	-99%
1963	5683	0.001435754	30	5653	-99%
1964	5521	0.001420155	18	5503	-99%
1965	4907	0.001353487	16	4891	-99%
1966	4432	0.001275155	29	4403	-99%
1967	4071	0.001199153	22	4049	-99%
1968	4005	0.001185468	18	3987	-99%
1969	4032	0.00116018	24	4008	-99%
1970	4311	0.001195337	36	4275	-98%
1971	3875	0.001128962	25	3850	-99%
1972	3554	0.001130769	22	3532	-99%
1973	3885	0.001287751	24	3861	-99%
1974	3963	0.001303619	29	3934	-99%
1975	3877	0.001284032	25	3852	-99%
1976	3814	0.001256962	24	3790	-99%
1977	3990	0.001256102	24	3966	-99%
1978	4399	0.001386005	37	4362	-98%
1979	4454	0.001338744	32	4422	-99%
1980	4669	0.001355492	36	4633	-98%
1981	4573	0.001321915	34	4539	-99%
1982	4552	0.00129762	32	4520	-99%
1983	4507	0.001301345	37	4470	-98%
1984	4263	0.001221926	29	4234	-99%
1985	4534	0.001270345	39	4495	-98%
1986	4739	0.001332273	33	4706	-99%
1987	4841	0.001342629	27	4814	-99%
1988	4600	0.001244911	26	4574	-99%
1989	4747	0.001234768	26	4721	-99%
1990	4466	0.001129924	13	4453	-99%
1991	3858	0.000990433	7	3851	-100%
1992	3383	0.000880698	8	3375	-100%
1993	3013	0.000799145	10	3003	-99%
1994	2682	0.000721423	7	2675	-99%
1995	2517	0.0006873	5	2512	-100%
1996	2317	0.000635283	8	2309	-99%
1997	2093	0.00057726	6	2087	-99%
1998	1887	0.000513022		1887	-100%
1999	1818	0.000492167		1818	-100%
2000	1776	0.000469853		1776	-100%
2001	1716	0.000458408	5	1711	-99%
2002	1553	0.00041543		1553	-100%
2003	1455	0.000382661		1455	-100%
2004	1325	0.000346775		1325	-100%
2005	1238	0.00032199	5	1233	-99%
2006	1220	0.000308378		1220	-100%
2007	1175	0.00029392		1175	-100%
2008	1098	0.000279342		1098	-100%
2009	927	0.000242659		927	-100%
2010	864	0.000233783		864	-100%
2011	779	0.00021297		779	-100%
2012	884	0.000241704		884	-100%
2013	870	0.000238639		870	-100%
2014	797	0.000215035		797	-100%
2015	762	0.000205895		762	-100%
2016	707	0.000192711		707	-100%
2017	727	0.000203289		727	-100%
2018	666	0.000189425		666	-100%
2019	568	0.000163645		568	-100%
2020	552	0.000165241		552	-100%
2021	559	0.000164997		559	-100%
2022	514	0.00015193		514	-100%
2023	452	0.000136507		452	-100%
2024	450	0.000135196		450	-100%

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