Phinehas
Phinehas was the 2594th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 51 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,164 places. More babies were named Phinehas in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,594 boys, up 732 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 51boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202551 babies
- Total since 1880
- 585babies recorded
Phinehas popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #2,594 | 51 |
| 2020 | #3,326 | 34 |
| 2010 | #4,336 | 23 |
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How popular is Phinehas, counting every spelling?
Phinehas has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Phinehas?
51 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Phinehas (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Phinehas born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 165 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Phinehas.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Phinehas?
About 600 people born in the US named Phinehas are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Phinehas a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Phinehas by state
How common Phinehas was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Phinehas
How popular is the name Phinehas?
Phinehas was the 2594th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 51 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,164 places. More babies were named Phinehas in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Phinehas a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Phinehas in the US.
Where is Phinehas most popular?
In 2021–2025, Phinehas was most common in Illinois (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.