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How popular is “Phylis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Phylis” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Phylis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Phylis” 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
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 100%
1915 35 0.0000191 35 100%
1916 33 0.000017059 33 100%
1917 34 0.000016943 34 100%
1918 48 0.000022108 48 100%
1919 50 0.000023694 50 100%
1920 52 0.000022982 52 100%
1921 33 0.000014136 33 100%
1922 56 0.000024463 56 100%
1923 58 0.00002519 58 100%
1924 73 0.000030652 73 100%
1925 40 0.000017143 40 100%
1926 49 0.000021342 49 100%
1927 49 0.000021127 49 100%
1928 57 0.000025211 57 100%
1929 51 0.000023265 51 100%
1930 74 0.000033284 74 100%
1931 50 0.00002376 50 100%
1932 63 0.00002984 63 100%
1933 56 0.000028008 56 100%
1934 58 0.000027927 58 100%
1935 45 0.000021532 45 100%
1936 66 0.000031768 66 100%
1937 74 0.000034731 74 100%
1938 64 0.000028926 64 100%
1939 75 0.000034038 75 100%
1940 69 0.000029965 69 100%
1941 62 0.000025447 62 100%
1942 83 0.000030383 83 100%
1943 97 0.000034366 97 100%
1944 76 0.000028252 76 100%
1945 67 0.000025255 67 100%
1946 91 0.000028479 91 100%
1947 99 0.000027482 99 100%
1948 104 0.000030123 104 100%
1949 109 0.000031279 109 100%
1950 79 0.00002255 79 100%
1951 65 0.000017645 65 100%
1952 72 0.000018957 72 100%
1953 70 0.000018165 70 100%
1954 58 0.00001457 58 100%
1955 64 0.00001594 64 100%
1956 55 0.00001334 55 100%
1957 71 0.000016896 71 100%
1958 64 0.000015482 64 100%
1959 43 0.000010342 43 100%
1960 58 0.000013963 58 100%
1961 52 0.000012553 52 100%
1962 34 0.000008425 34 100%
1963 35 0.000008842 35 100%
1964 33 0.000008489 33 100%
1965 41 0.000011309 41 100%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%

Explore other names

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