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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Phillis

Phillis was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1949, when it ranked 801st with 118 babies. More babies were named Phillis in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1949118 babies
Total since 1880
3,683babies recorded

Phillis popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 6 since 1924.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#11,5238
1990——
1980#7,9258
1970#2,68527
1960#1,11495
1950#92294
1940#1,03349
1930#1,01054
1920#1,24339
1910#1,9008
1900#1,6977
1890#1,4905
1880——

How popular is Phillis, counting every spelling?

Phillis has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Phillis?

About 2,000 people born in the US named Phillis are alive today, with a median age of 70; half are between 62 and 77. That makes Phillis a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Phillis by state

How common Phillis was among girls born in each state in 1947–1951, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (4.8×), Arkansas (3.7×), Missouri (2.6×), Georgia (2.2×), Alabama (2.2×). In 34 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesMI0.01New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMO0.16Kentucky: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKY0.07West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesAR0.22Tennessee: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTN0.08North Carolina: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNC0.05South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesOK0.28Louisiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesLA0.03Mississippi: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMS0.09Alabama: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesAL0.13Georgia: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesGA0.13Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTX0.10Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Phillis, girls, 1947–1951. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Phillis: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Phillis, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Phillis

How popular is the name Phillis?

Phillis was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1949, when it ranked 801st with 118 babies. More babies were named Phillis in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Phillis a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,677 girls and 6 boys.

Where was Phillis most popular?

In 1947–1951, Phillis was most common in Oklahoma (0.28 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and Missouri.