Phala is a very rare variant of Phil that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Phala is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1976. Phala first appears in 1909 and peaked in 1942 (11 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | — | #10,422 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #7,563 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #7,315 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #6,218 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #5,599 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #4,714 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #4,531 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,926 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #4,834 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #3,613 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,952 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #3,874 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,882 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,767 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,638 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #3,171 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #5,102 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | #4,602 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,722 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,927 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,972 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,734 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #4,712 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,816 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #2,168 |