Phillip is a very popular boys' name that peaked in 1960 and has since faded.
Phillip is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #651 for boy births in the United States (and #1,315 across all names), given to 425 babies. Phillip first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1960 (6,047 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 425 | 425 | — | #651 |
| 2024 | 453 | 453 | — | #626 |
| 2023 | 455 | 455 | — | #616 |
| 2022 | 514 | 514 | — | #573 |
| 2021 | 559 | 559 | — | #525 |
| 2020 | 553 | 553 | — | #519 |
| 2019 | 569 | 569 | — | #503 |
| 2018 | 666 | 666 | — | #449 |
| 2017 | 727 | 727 | — | #427 |
| 2016 | 707 | 707 | — | #437 |
| 2015 | 762 | 762 | — | #409 |
| 2014 | 798 | 798 | — | #390 |
| 2013 | 870 | 870 | — | #364 |
| 2012 | 884 | 884 | — | #350 |
| 2011 | 779 | 779 | — | #378 |
| 2010 | 864 | 869 | — | #355 |
| 2009 | 927 | 927 | — | #340 |
| 2008 | 1,098 | 1,098 | — | #304 |
| 2007 | 1,175 | 1,175 | — | #292 |
| 2006 | 1,220 | 1,220 | — | #286 |
| 2005 | 1,238 | 1,238 | #18,493 | #268 |
| 2004 | 1,325 | 1,325 | — | #247 |
| 2003 | 1,455 | 1,455 | — | #233 |
| 2002 | 1,553 | 1,553 | — | #226 |
| 2001 | 1,716 | 1,721 | #17,274 | #209 |
| 2000 | 1,776 | 1,776 | — | #198 |
| 1999 | 1,818 | 1,818 | — | #188 |
| 1998 | 1,887 | 1,893 | — | #178 |
| 1997 | 2,093 | — | #13,294 | #165 |
| 1996 | 2,317 | — | #10,280 | #150 |
| 1995 | 2,518 | — | #15,122 | #137 |
| 1994 | 2,682 | — | #11,440 | #131 |
| 1993 | 3,013 | — | #8,530 | #117 |
| 1992 | 3,383 | — | #10,205 | #107 |
| 1991 | 3,858 | — | #11,160 | #98 |
| 1990 | 4,467 | — | #6,755 | #81 |
| 1989 | 4,747 | — | #3,862 | #75 |
| 1988 | 4,603 | — | #3,553 | #71 |
| 1987 | 4,839 | — | #3,491 | #68 |
| 1986 | 4,738 | — | #2,891 | #70 |
| 1985 | 4,535 | — | #2,531 | #69 |
| 1984 | 4,263 | — | #3,045 | #70 |
| 1983 | 4,507 | — | #2,502 | #66 |
| 1982 | 4,552 | — | #2,881 | #67 |
| 1981 | 4,573 | — | #2,705 | #66 |
| 1980 | 4,669 | — | #2,639 | #65 |
| 1979 | 4,454 | — | #2,779 | #68 |
| 1978 | 4,399 | — | #2,418 | #67 |
| 1977 | 3,991 | — | #3,240 | #70 |
| 1976 | 3,813 | — | #3,069 | #69 |
| 1975 | 3,878 | — | #2,937 | #72 |
| 1974 | 3,963 | — | #2,595 | #70 |
| 1973 | 3,885 | — | #2,889 | #71 |
| 1972 | 3,554 | — | #3,030 | #75 |
| 1971 | 3,875 | — | #2,852 | #76 |
| 1970 | 4,311 | — | #2,228 | #73 |
| 1969 | 4,030 | — | #2,751 | #74 |
| 1968 | 4,005 | — | #3,134 | #71 |
| 1967 | 4,071 | — | #2,686 | #73 |
| 1966 | 4,431 | — | #2,236 | #71 |
| 1965 | 4,907 | — | #3,227 | #70 |
| 1964 | 5,520 | — | #3,074 | #67 |
| 1963 | 5,685 | — | #2,202 | #70 |
| 1962 | 5,909 | — | #2,299 | #68 |
| 1961 | 5,998 | — | #2,658 | #69 |
| 1960 | 6,076 | — | #2,182 | #66 |
| 1959 | 5,621 | — | #2,382 | #74 |
| 1958 | 5,294 | — | #2,559 | #81 |
| 1957 | 5,571 | — | #2,151 | #79 |
| 1956 | 5,438 | — | #2,304 | #76 |
| 1955 | 5,427 | — | #2,933 | #74 |
| 1954 | 5,165 | — | #2,866 | #75 |
| 1953 | 5,113 | — | #3,896 | #76 |
| 1952 | 5,013 | — | #3,341 | #74 |
| 1951 | 4,924 | — | #2,897 | #79 |
| 1950 | 5,079 | — | #1,990 | #64 |
| 1949 | 5,218 | — | #2,493 | #66 |
| 1948 | 5,026 | — | #4,132 | #69 |
| 1947 | 4,800 | — | #3,401 | #74 |
| 1946 | 3,788 | — | #2,845 | #83 |
| 1945 | 3,081 | — | — | #85 |
| 1944 | 3,010 | — | #3,620 | #83 |
| 1943 | 3,259 | — | #3,747 | #81 |
| 1942 | 3,386 | — | #2,635 | #77 |
| 1941 | 2,879 | — | #3,493 | #77 |
| 1940 | 2,628 | — | — | #79 |
| 1939 | 2,182 | — | #3,714 | #92 |
| 1938 | 2,163 | — | #3,130 | #95 |
| 1937 | 2,012 | — | #3,722 | #98 |
| 1936 | 1,847 | — | — | #102 |
| 1935 | 1,790 | — | #3,678 | #107 |
| 1934 | 1,577 | — | — | #113 |
| 1933 | 1,334 | — | #4,125 | #125 |
| 1932 | 1,327 | — | #2,466 | #134 |
| 1931 | 1,186 | — | #2,936 | #141 |
| 1930 | 1,184 | — | #3,273 | #144 |
| 1929 | 1,037 | — | #3,097 | #151 |
| 1928 | 1,078 | — | — | #149 |
| 1927 | 1,056 | — | #2,322 | #152 |
| 1926 | 1,029 | — | #3,491 | #154 |
| 1925 | 954 | — | #2,903 | #160 |
| 1924 | 906 | — | #4,922 | #166 |
| 1923 | 850 | — | #4,856 | #170 |
| 1922 | 925 | — | #5,627 | #164 |
| 1921 | 920 | — | #4,973 | #162 |
| 1920 | 840 | — | — | #164 |
| 1919 | 747 | — | #4,696 | #177 |
| 1918 | 735 | — | #5,421 | #180 |
| 1917 | 722 | — | — | #173 |
| 1916 | 723 | — | — | #166 |
| 1915 | 628 | — | — | #180 |
| 1914 | 537 | — | — | #165 |
| 1913 | 369 | — | — | #185 |
| 1912 | 306 | — | — | #189 |
| 1911 | 212 | — | — | #160 |
| 1910 | 167 | — | — | #174 |
| 1909 | 146 | — | — | #171 |
| 1908 | 131 | — | — | #174 |
| 1907 | 124 | — | — | #176 |
| 1906 | 122 | — | — | #163 |
| 1905 | 127 | — | — | #159 |
| 1904 | 127 | — | — | #152 |
| 1903 | 92 | — | — | #181 |
| 1902 | 87 | — | — | #191 |
| 1901 | 78 | — | — | #189 |
| 1900 | 127 | — | — | #166 |
| 1899 | 88 | — | — | #167 |
| 1898 | 86 | — | — | #183 |
| 1897 | 82 | — | — | #189 |
| 1896 | 89 | — | — | #184 |
| 1895 | 90 | — | — | #178 |
| 1894 | 110 | — | — | #140 |
| 1893 | 81 | — | — | #179 |
| 1892 | 104 | — | — | #155 |
| 1891 | 74 | — | — | #177 |
| 1890 | 80 | — | — | #174 |
| 1889 | 78 | — | — | #172 |
| 1888 | 116 | — | — | #134 |
| 1887 | 80 | — | — | #156 |
| 1886 | 94 | — | — | #151 |
| 1885 | 87 | — | — | #157 |
| 1884 | 89 | — | — | #155 |
| 1883 | 92 | — | — | #137 |
| 1882 | 103 | — | — | #137 |
| 1881 | 84 | — | — | #149 |
| 1880 | 75 | — | — | #174 |