Phyllis was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #24 in 1929 but is far less common today.
Phyllis is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #12,873 for girl births in the United States (and #21,508 across all names), given to 7 babies. Phyllis was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (9,187 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | #12,873 | — |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #8,318 | — |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #13,136 | — |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | #7,555 | — |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | #9,403 | — |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | #6,027 | — |
| 2019 | 15 | 15 | #7,633 | — |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 | #6,723 | — |
| 2017 | 21 | 21 | #5,988 | — |
| 2016 | 21 | 21 | #6,141 | — |
| 2015 | 22 | 22 | #5,987 | — |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | #5,945 | — |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | #6,664 | — |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | #9,005 | — |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 | #6,512 | — |
| 2010 | 25 | 25 | #5,558 | — |
| 2009 | 23 | 23 | #6,047 | — |
| 2008 | 20 | 20 | #6,751 | — |
| 2007 | 24 | 24 | #5,859 | — |
| 2006 | 25 | 25 | #5,509 | — |
| 2005 | 31 | 31 | #4,464 | — |
| 2004 | 26 | 26 | #5,042 | — |
| 2003 | 29 | 29 | #4,503 | — |
| 2002 | 35 | 35 | #3,782 | — |
| 2001 | 42 | 42 | #3,300 | — |
| 2000 | 40 | 40 | #3,389 | — |
| 1999 | 43 | 43 | #3,092 | — |
| 1998 | 46 | 46 | #2,881 | — |
| 1997 | 56 | — | #2,384 | — |
| 1996 | 70 | — | #2,011 | — |
| 1995 | 69 | — | #2,000 | — |
| 1994 | 69 | — | #2,040 | — |
| 1993 | 87 | — | #1,720 | — |
| 1992 | 79 | — | #1,825 | — |
| 1991 | 82 | — | #1,763 | — |
| 1990 | 85 | — | #1,729 | — |
| 1989 | 95 | — | #1,516 | — |
| 1988 | 115 | — | #1,276 | — |
| 1987 | 120 | — | #1,205 | — |
| 1986 | 107 | — | #1,268 | — |
| 1985 | 129 | — | #1,124 | — |
| 1984 | 151 | — | #959 | — |
| 1983 | 172 | — | #884 | — |
| 1982 | 177 | — | #874 | — |
| 1981 | 183 | — | #852 | — |
| 1980 | 181 | — | #857 | — |
| 1979 | 203 | — | #783 | — |
| 1978 | 222 | — | #713 | — |
| 1977 | 238 | — | #664 | — |
| 1976 | 241 | — | #644 | — |
| 1975 | 325 | — | #531 | — |
| 1974 | 307 | — | #548 | — |
| 1973 | 404 | — | #457 | — |
| 1972 | 503 | — | #399 | — |
| 1971 | 632 | — | #374 | #4,275 |
| 1970 | 767 | — | #341 | — |
| 1969 | 903 | — | #302 | — |
| 1968 | 1,088 | — | #251 | — |
| 1967 | 1,403 | — | #215 | #3,468 |
| 1966 | 1,938 | — | #173 | — |
| 1965 | 2,471 | — | #155 | #3,473 |
| 1964 | 2,905 | — | #140 | #2,797 |
| 1963 | 3,251 | — | #131 | #3,923 |
| 1962 | 3,508 | — | #129 | #2,475 |
| 1961 | 3,860 | — | #120 | #2,123 |
| 1960 | 4,445 | — | #108 | #2,818 |
| 1959 | 4,694 | — | #103 | #2,985 |
| 1958 | 5,095 | — | #94 | #2,238 |
| 1957 | 5,315 | — | #90 | #2,971 |
| 1956 | 5,656 | — | #82 | #2,237 |
| 1955 | 5,709 | — | #74 | #1,774 |
| 1954 | 5,773 | — | #75 | #2,691 |
| 1953 | 5,966 | — | #69 | #4,218 |
| 1952 | 6,162 | — | #65 | #2,471 |
| 1951 | 6,806 | — | #57 | #2,029 |
| 1950 | 6,706 | — | #53 | #2,408 |
| 1949 | 7,333 | — | #50 | #1,807 |
| 1948 | 7,892 | — | #46 | #1,929 |
| 1947 | 9,205 | — | #37 | #1,837 |
| 1946 | 8,072 | — | #41 | #1,462 |
| 1945 | 6,549 | — | #40 | #1,568 |
| 1944 | 7,052 | — | #40 | #1,230 |
| 1943 | 7,638 | — | #39 | #1,334 |
| 1942 | 7,819 | — | #37 | #1,374 |
| 1941 | 7,373 | — | #35 | #1,293 |
| 1940 | 7,450 | — | #33 | #1,151 |
| 1939 | 7,614 | — | #30 | #1,385 |
| 1938 | 7,676 | — | #28 | #1,164 |
| 1937 | 7,272 | — | #27 | #1,307 |
| 1936 | 7,395 | — | #25 | #1,495 |
| 1935 | 7,401 | — | #27 | #1,220 |
| 1934 | 7,202 | — | #28 | #1,486 |
| 1933 | 7,140 | — | #28 | #1,248 |
| 1932 | 7,333 | — | #30 | #1,415 |
| 1931 | 7,235 | — | #29 | #1,525 |
| 1930 | 7,797 | — | #28 | #1,417 |
| 1929 | 8,017 | — | #24 | #1,595 |
| 1928 | 7,948 | — | #26 | #1,554 |
| 1927 | 7,444 | — | #29 | #1,854 |
| 1926 | 6,937 | — | #33 | #2,055 |
| 1925 | 6,502 | — | #40 | #2,062 |
| 1924 | 6,285 | — | #44 | #1,954 |
| 1923 | 5,481 | — | #45 | #4,742 |
| 1922 | 4,945 | — | #53 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 4,599 | — | #60 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 3,852 | — | #72 | — |
| 1919 | 3,189 | — | #84 | — |
| 1918 | 3,333 | — | #80 | #3,626 |
| 1917 | 2,706 | — | #92 | #2,688 |
| 1916 | 2,432 | — | #95 | #4,351 |
| 1915 | 2,093 | — | #100 | #4,266 |
| 1914 | 1,414 | — | #113 | #2,847 |
| 1913 | 1,059 | — | #122 | #3,155 |
| 1912 | 779 | — | #140 | — |
| 1911 | 527 | — | #155 | — |
| 1910 | 392 | — | #175 | — |
| 1909 | 352 | — | #172 | — |
| 1908 | 288 | — | #194 | — |
| 1907 | 262 | — | #200 | — |
| 1906 | 195 | — | #225 | — |
| 1905 | 183 | — | #235 | — |
| 1904 | 181 | — | #229 | — |
| 1903 | 150 | — | #245 | — |
| 1902 | 164 | — | #237 | — |
| 1901 | 124 | — | #261 | — |
| 1900 | 124 | — | #297 | — |
| 1899 | 111 | — | #272 | — |
| 1898 | 108 | — | #299 | — |
| 1897 | 67 | — | #359 | — |
| 1896 | 69 | — | #350 | — |
| 1895 | 65 | — | #350 | — |
| 1894 | 56 | — | #375 | — |
| 1893 | 53 | — | #373 | — |
| 1892 | 31 | — | #495 | — |
| 1891 | 31 | — | #469 | — |
| 1890 | 42 | — | #391 | — |
| 1889 | 25 | — | #510 | — |
| 1888 | 29 | — | #466 | — |
| 1887 | 18 | — | #533 | — |
| 1886 | 20 | — | #506 | — |
| 1885 | 11 | — | #689 | — |
| 1884 | 16 | — | #537 | — |
| 1883 | 15 | — | #512 | — |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #725 | — |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #919 | — |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #820 | — |