Phillis is an uncommon variant of Phyllis that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Phillis is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2000. Phillis was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1949 (118 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | #11,523 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #16,218 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #10,206 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | — | #13,890 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #10,061 | — |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #7,816 | — |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #10,274 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #8,868 | — |
| 1983 | 11 | — | #6,105 | — |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #10,105 | — |
| 1981 | 10 | — | #6,674 | — |
| 1980 | 8 | — | #7,925 | — |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #11,410 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | — | #6,769 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #6,718 | — |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,432 | — |
| 1975 | 18 | — | #3,729 | — |
| 1974 | 16 | — | #3,981 | — |
| 1973 | 28 | — | #2,608 | — |
| 1972 | 27 | — | #2,653 | — |
| 1971 | 20 | — | #3,340 | — |
| 1970 | 27 | — | #2,685 | — |
| 1969 | 25 | — | #2,686 | — |
| 1968 | 47 | — | #1,723 | — |
| 1967 | 44 | — | #1,745 | — |
| 1966 | 45 | — | #1,693 | — |
| 1965 | 70 | — | #1,300 | — |
| 1964 | 66 | — | #1,391 | — |
| 1963 | 71 | — | #1,315 | — |
| 1962 | 68 | — | #1,347 | — |
| 1961 | 70 | — | #1,340 | — |
| 1960 | 95 | — | #1,114 | — |
| 1959 | 70 | — | #1,288 | — |
| 1958 | 84 | — | #1,162 | — |
| 1957 | 76 | — | #1,216 | — |
| 1956 | 90 | — | #1,094 | — |
| 1955 | 70 | — | #1,205 | — |
| 1954 | 77 | — | #1,131 | — |
| 1953 | 79 | — | #1,091 | — |
| 1952 | 84 | — | #1,025 | — |
| 1951 | 101 | — | #912 | — |
| 1950 | 94 | — | #922 | — |
| 1949 | 118 | — | #801 | — |
| 1948 | 93 | — | #906 | — |
| 1947 | 108 | — | #845 | — |
| 1946 | 87 | — | #896 | — |
| 1945 | 57 | — | #1,029 | — |
| 1944 | 62 | — | #992 | — |
| 1943 | 80 | — | #878 | — |
| 1942 | 76 | — | #899 | — |
| 1941 | 41 | — | #1,181 | — |
| 1940 | 49 | — | #1,033 | — |
| 1939 | 47 | — | #1,050 | — |
| 1938 | 50 | — | #1,016 | — |
| 1937 | 52 | — | #979 | — |
| 1936 | 54 | — | #937 | — |
| 1935 | 45 | — | #1,037 | — |
| 1934 | 36 | — | #1,201 | — |
| 1933 | 45 | — | #1,045 | — |
| 1932 | 41 | — | #1,124 | — |
| 1931 | 44 | — | #1,069 | — |
| 1930 | 54 | — | #1,010 | — |
| 1929 | 48 | — | #1,061 | — |
| 1928 | 50 | — | #1,066 | — |
| 1927 | 53 | — | #1,065 | — |
| 1926 | 43 | — | #1,178 | — |
| 1925 | 42 | — | #1,207 | — |
| 1924 | 45 | — | #1,298 | #4,233 |
| 1923 | 38 | — | #1,281 | — |
| 1922 | 42 | — | #1,206 | — |
| 1921 | 35 | — | #1,366 | — |
| 1920 | 39 | — | #1,243 | — |
| 1919 | 48 | — | #1,054 | — |
| 1918 | 26 | — | #1,594 | — |
| 1917 | 32 | — | #1,300 | — |
| 1916 | 25 | — | #1,522 | — |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #3,083 | — |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,429 | — |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,744 | — |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #2,108 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,764 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,900 | — |
| 1909 | 8 | — | #1,729 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #2,053 | — |
| 1907 | 9 | — | #1,483 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,909 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #2,113 | — |
| 1903 | 9 | — | #1,293 | — |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #1,564 | — |
| 1900 | 7 | — | #1,697 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,788 | — |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #1,089 | — |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #1,281 | — |
| 1895 | 10 | — | #1,109 | — |
| 1894 | 9 | — | #1,118 | — |
| 1893 | 8 | — | #1,153 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #1,416 | — |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,490 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #882 | — |