Philip

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #527in 2025
  • 1 in 3,007boys in 2025
  • −10%last ten years
  • 2.0×in Virginia

Most popular in 1948.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,7563,51218801916195319892025

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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
Philip, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,683
18811,549
18821,601
18831,587
18841,407
18851,512
18861,688
18871,588
18881,622
18891,655
18901,729
18911,957
18921,958
18931,852
18941,849
18951,797
18961,823
18971,774
18981,989
18992,100
19001,721
19012,179
19021,842
19032,097
19042,076
19051,769
19062,103
19072,425
19082,067
19092,409
19102,152
19112,708
19122,877
19132,895
19142,856
19152,743
19162,706
19172,749
19182,697
19192,582
19202,537
19212,454
19222,545
19232,539
19242,579
19252,397
19262,439
19272,376
19282,461
19292,423
19302,419
19312,547
19322,514
19332,552
19342,696
19352,942
19362,924
19372,964
19382,860
19392,868
19403,170
19413,392
19423,333
19433,134
19442,929
19453,055
19463,136
19473,408
19483,512
19493,509
19503,391
19513,239
19523,166
19533,184
19543,080
19552,991
19562,886
19572,787
19582,748
19592,746
19602,584
19612,489
19622,450
19632,342
19642,498
19652,300
19662,217
19672,171
19682,084
19691,980
19701,894
19711,867
19721,712
19731,923
19741,887
19751,928
19761,876
19771,882
19782,009
19792,010
19801,997
19811,999
19822,007
19831,946
19841,950
19852,021
19861,990
19872,055
19881,762
19891,664
19901,530
19911,361
19921,219
19931,157
1994981
1995923
1996911
1997881
1998784
1999691
2000668
2001628
2002619
2003544
2004513
2005497
2006442
2007424
2008400
2009386
2010364
2011366
2012377
2013407
2014416
2015369
2016375
2017394
2018382
2019388
2020381
2021386
2022355
2023354
2024341
2025333

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Virginia 2.0×
  2. Massachusetts 2.0×
  3. Louisiana 1.7×
  4. Washington 1.7×
  5. New York 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
568
Rank in 2025
#527
How rare
1 in 3,007 boys
Since 1880
344,036

Most popular in 1948, at 3,512 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 10% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Virginia2.0×78
Massachusetts2.0×55
Louisiana1.7×35
Washington1.7×57
New York1.5×136

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