Masculine dossier · first seen 1904

Phillips

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1949

Peak era

1949

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1904Peak 19492024

Peak year

1949

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,331

Phillips is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1949, when 32 boys were named Phillips.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,331 Americans have been named Phillips and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1904.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1949

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