Phineas is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2016 and remains in steady use.
Phineas is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,616 for boy births in the United States (and #3,434 across all names), given to 105 babies. Phineas was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2016 (142 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | 105 | #1,616 |
| 2024 | 114 | 114 | #1,546 |
| 2023 | 99 | 99 | #1,707 |
| 2022 | 108 | 108 | #1,619 |
| 2021 | 131 | 131 | #1,404 |
| 2020 | 121 | 121 | #1,434 |
| 2019 | 118 | 118 | #1,471 |
| 2018 | 136 | 136 | #1,332 |
| 2017 | 129 | 129 | #1,376 |
| 2016 | 142 | 142 | #1,284 |
| 2015 | 95 | 95 | #1,664 |
| 2014 | 106 | 106 | #1,523 |
| 2013 | 98 | 98 | #1,584 |
| 2012 | 105 | 105 | #1,533 |
| 2011 | 120 | 120 | #1,393 |
| 2010 | 141 | 141 | #1,248 |
| 2009 | 130 | 130 | #1,339 |
| 2008 | 117 | 117 | #1,430 |
| 2007 | 88 | 88 | #1,718 |
| 2006 | 67 | 67 | #2,005 |
| 2005 | 43 | 43 | #2,600 |
| 2004 | 40 | 40 | #2,679 |
| 2003 | 39 | 39 | #2,609 |
| 2002 | 28 | 28 | #3,241 |
| 2001 | 28 | 28 | #3,204 |
| 2000 | 27 | 27 | #3,204 |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #4,961 |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #4,149 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #5,563 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #6,949 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #7,586 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #8,538 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #6,536 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #6,075 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #8,200 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #5,036 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | #3,806 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #7,098 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #7,011 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #7,017 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | #4,512 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #4,830 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #5,466 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #3,179 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #3,572 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,930 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,508 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #3,495 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | #4,256 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,699 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #4,069 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #4,084 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #4,140 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,822 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #3,917 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,094 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | #3,549 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,157 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,227 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,314 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,740 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #3,735 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #3,787 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,169 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #4,653 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,046 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,687 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #2,883 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,265 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,191 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,092 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #1,030 |