Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Phillip

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

Endangered Down 92.6% from peak

Peak era

1960

Peak rank proxy

6,043

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19602024

Peak year

1960

Decline from peak

92.6%

2024

450

All-time

311,120

Phillip 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 1960, when 6,043 boys were named Phillip.

In 2024, only 450 boys were given the name.

Down 92.6% from its peak.

All told, about 311,120 Americans have been named Phillip and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.6% from peak

19606,043 boys named Phillip

2024450 boys named Phillip

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