Phil

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #7,679in 2025
  • 1 in 170,807boys in 2025
  • −34%last ten years

Most popular in 1947.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Phil, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880109
1881179
1882114
1883220
1884166
1885130
1886162
1887158
1888141
1889172
1890189
1891158
1892164
1893134
1894164
1895128
1896142
1897204
1898155
1899132
1900146
1901197
1902188
1903168
1904164
1905159
1906135
1907157
1908168
1909140
1910165
1911128
1912133
1913142
1914154
1915141
1916121
1917144
1918153
1919133
1920122
1921143
1922125
1923142
1924136
1925125
1926140
1927149
1928138
1929146
1930169
1931199
1932208
1933211
1934264
1935254
1936275
1937271
1938279
1939300
1940305
1941319
1942293
1943291
1944299
1945288
1946334
1947360
1948328
1949247
1950201
1951153
1952132
1953131
1954116
1955144
1956158
1957229
1958271
1959317
1960294
1961298
1962296
1963233
1964240
1965193
1966152
1967120
1968111
1969109
197083
197181
197275
197352
197440
197544
197648
197740
197833
197935
198027
198138
198231
198325
198419
198516
198623
198721
198824
198923
199019
199123
199218
199316
199420
199512
199618
199713
199813
19999
200012
200110
200211
20038
20049
200513
20069
200710
200811
20097
20104
20114
20129
20138
20146
20159
20168
201710
20187
20198
20205
20216
20225
20235
20243
20256

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Phil isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
10
Rank in 2025
#7,679
How rare
1 in 170,807 boys
Since 1880
20,036

Most popular in 1947, at 360 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 34% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.