Phillis

Girl · recorded 1882–2000

  • 2000last recorded
  • 1949best year

Most popular in 1949.

Last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 99 recorded years as a table
Phillis, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188256
189026
189228
189338
189440
189543
189634
189843
189921
190023
190227
190334
190418
190620
190728
190818
190923
191020
191122
191216
191321
191428
19159
191624
191730
191822
191942
192033
192128
192235
192331
192431
192535
192636
192744
192843
192943
193048
193141
193238
193345
193434
193543
193652
193749
193845
193943
194043
194134
194256
194357
194447
194544
194655
194761
194855
194969
195055
195156
195245
195342
195440
195536
195645
195737
195842
195935
196047
196135
196235
196337
196435
196540
196627
196727
196829
196915
197015
197112
197218
197319
197411
197512
19766
19776
19786
19793
19805
19816
19824
19837
19844
19853
19875
19884
19893
19924
19993
20004

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Phillis 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2000
8
Rank in 2000
#10,745
How rare
1 in 227,004 girls
Since 1882
3,677

Phillis was last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1949, at 69 per million girls born.

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

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