Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Philip

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

Endangered Down 90.7% from peak

Peak era

1953

Peak rank proxy

6,279

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19532024

Peak year

1953

Decline from peak

90.7%

2024

586

All-time

343,458

Philip 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 1953, when 6,279 boys were named Philip.

In 2024, only 586 boys were given the name.

Down 90.7% from its peak.

All told, about 343,458 Americans have been named Philip and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.7% from peak

19536,279 boys named Philip

2024586 boys named Philip

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