Phyllis

Boy · recorded 1913–1971

  • 1971last recorded
  • 1935best year

Most popular in 1935.

Last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

Checking your shortlist…

Compare

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Phyllis.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1913

0153019131928194219571971

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

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 53 recorded years as a table
Phyllis, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
191411
19156
19166
191711
19187
19218
19229
19235
192416
192514
192614
192717
192822
192920
193025
193121
193224
193329
193421
193530
193620
193725
193829
193922
194029
194122
194219
194320
194422
194514
194615
194710
19489
194910
19506
19518
19526
19533
19545
195510
19567
19574
19587
19594
19605
19618
19626
19633
19645
19654
19674
19714

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Phyllis 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.

More like it

More like Phyllis

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1971
7
Rank in 1971
#3,963
How rare
1 in 252,635 boys
Since 1913
871

Phyllis was last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1935, at 30 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Phyllis doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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