Phylis is an uncommon variant of Phyllis that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Phylis is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1985. Phylis was first reported in SSA data in 1896 and peaked in 1949 (109 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5 | — | #11,952 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #8,899 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | #5,410 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | #7,454 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #7,213 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #7,067 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | #5,035 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #4,986 |
| 1969 | 14 | — | #3,922 |
| 1968 | 16 | — | #3,413 |
| 1967 | 26 | — | #2,417 |
| 1966 | 36 | — | #1,944 |
| 1965 | 41 | — | #1,792 |
| 1964 | 33 | — | #2,100 |
| 1963 | 35 | — | #2,005 |
| 1962 | 34 | — | #2,015 |
| 1961 | 52 | — | #1,575 |
| 1960 | 58 | — | #1,451 |
| 1959 | 43 | — | #1,688 |
| 1958 | 64 | — | #1,327 |
| 1957 | 71 | — | #1,251 |
| 1956 | 55 | — | #1,430 |
| 1955 | 64 | — | #1,270 |
| 1954 | 58 | — | #1,306 |
| 1953 | 70 | — | #1,163 |
| 1952 | 72 | — | #1,113 |
| 1951 | 65 | — | #1,167 |
| 1950 | 79 | — | #1,033 |
| 1949 | 109 | — | #849 |
| 1948 | 104 | — | #860 |
| 1947 | 99 | — | #890 |
| 1946 | 91 | — | #872 |
| 1945 | 67 | — | #936 |
| 1944 | 76 | — | #877 |
| 1943 | 97 | — | #791 |
| 1942 | 83 | — | #841 |
| 1941 | 62 | — | #939 |
| 1940 | 69 | — | #861 |
| 1939 | 75 | — | #795 |
| 1938 | 64 | — | #886 |
| 1937 | 74 | — | #802 |
| 1936 | 66 | — | #835 |
| 1935 | 45 | — | #1,038 |
| 1934 | 58 | — | #902 |
| 1933 | 56 | — | #912 |
| 1932 | 63 | — | #889 |
| 1931 | 50 | — | #991 |
| 1930 | 74 | — | #830 |
| 1929 | 51 | — | #1,026 |
| 1928 | 57 | — | #991 |
| 1927 | 49 | — | #1,095 |
| 1926 | 49 | — | #1,075 |
| 1925 | 40 | — | #1,249 |
| 1924 | 73 | — | #886 |
| 1923 | 58 | — | #987 |
| 1922 | 56 | — | #1,005 |
| 1921 | 33 | — | #1,433 |
| 1920 | 52 | — | #1,037 |
| 1919 | 50 | — | #1,025 |
| 1918 | 48 | — | #1,053 |
| 1917 | 34 | — | #1,255 |
| 1916 | 33 | — | #1,269 |
| 1915 | 35 | — | #1,165 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | #1,805 |
| 1913 | 15 | — | #1,586 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | #1,409 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,766 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,352 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | #1,730 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #2,054 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #2,017 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,884 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,765 |