Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Phil

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Phil
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.1% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

677

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

99.1%

2024

All-time

20,026

Phil once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 677 boys were named Phil.

In 2024, only 6 boys were given the name.

Down 99.1% from its peak.

All told, about 20,026 Americans have been named Phil and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.1% from peak

1959677 boys named Phil

20246 boys named Phil

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