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How popular is “Phillips” in the USA?

Number of people named “Phillips” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Phillips” by birth year

This chart shows how “Phillips” 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
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 22 0.000009555 22 -100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 -100%
1930 23 0.000010345 23 -100%
1931 19 0.000009029 19 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 -100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 -100%
1938 17 0.000007683 17 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 -100%
1945 18 0.000006785 18 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 -100%
1949 32 0.000009183 32 -100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 -100%
1953 15 0.000003892 15 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 -100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 14 0.00000337 14 -100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 -100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 -100%
1964 19 0.000004887 19 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 -100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 17 0.000004763 17 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 -100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%

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