Meaning not yet researched.
Philip: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 568 in 2025. Its best rank was #52 in 1941.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #52 in 1941; #528 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Philip in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#528 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1941, at #52.
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Philip: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 568 boys in 2025. Peak: #52 in 1941 · most boys in one year: 6,279 (1954).
In 2025, 568 US boys were named Philip, making it the 528th most common boys’ name of the year, down 7 places from #521 in 2024. That is 20 fewer than the 588 boys named Philip in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #52, reached in 1941. The most boys given the name in a single year was 6,279, in 1954. For comparison, it was #433 in 2015 and #53 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Philip in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 186 babies with the name. In all, 345,173 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 60,952 babies named Philip.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,543 US boys were named Philip; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 729. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,007 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Philip ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #343 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Phillip (312,891 babies since 1880), Felipe (31,958 babies since 1880), Phil (20,108 babies since 1880) and Philippe (3,043 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Philipp, Filippo and Phillipe are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Phil and Pip.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Philipp (986), Filippo (709), Phillipe (623), Filipe (429), Philipe (158), Phyllip (99), Phillipp (41), Philips (21), Fellipe (5), Filipp (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 16 | #343 | #228 |
| Indiana | 21 | #362 | #420 |
| New York | 48 | #371 | #324 |
| Ohio | 30 | #375 | #333 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | #376 | #372 |
| Louisiana | 13 | #393 | #455 |
| New Jersey | 21 | #393 | #354 |
| Mississippi | 8 | #403 | — |
| Virginia | 20 | #404 | #490 |
| Idaho | 6 | #422 | — |
| Illinois | 23 | #465 | #410 |
| Washington | 16 | #469 | #424 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #471 | #456 |
| Iowa | 7 | #484 | #625 |
| Maryland | 10 | #501 | #294 |
| Utah | 9 | #506 | #747 |
| Missouri | 12 | #510 | #387 |
| Alabama | 10 | #513 | — |
| Michigan | 15 | #559 | #438 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #561 | #586 |
| Florida | 30 | #579 | #401 |
| California | 52 | #579 | #403 |
| North Carolina | 16 | #615 | #336 |
| Texas | 42 | #688 | #564 |
| Arizona | 9 | #705 | #985 |
| Tennessee | 10 | #710 | #726 |
| Georgia | 13 | #748 | #439 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #785 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #842 | #304 |
| Colorado | 5 | #931 | #510 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 568 | #528 |
| 2024 | — | — | 588 | #521 |
| 2023 | — | — | 605 | #499 |
| 2022 | — | — | 619 | #493 |
| 2021 | — | — | 675 | #452 |
| 2020 | — | — | 658 | #453 |
| 2019 | — | — | 696 | #439 |
| 2018 | — | — | 693 | #437 |
| 2017 | — | — | 729 | #426 |
| 2016 | — | — | 712 | #435 |
| 2015 | — | — | 708 | #433 |
| 2014 | — | — | 799 | #389 |
| 2013 | — | — | 769 | #387 |
| 2012 | — | — | 715 | #408 |
| 2011 | — | — | 696 | #407 |
| 2010 | — | — | 699 | #404 |
| 2009 | — | — | 765 | #394 |
| 2008 | — | — | 817 | #377 |
| 2007 | — | — | 881 | #359 |
| 2006 | — | — | 909 | #341 |
| 2005 | — | — | 993 | #325 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,019 | #307 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,075 | #289 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,201 | #263 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,221 | #268 |
| 2000 | — | — | 1,312 | #255 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,326 | #240 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,499 | #214 |
| 1997 | — | — | 1,661 | #195 |
| 1996 | 5 | #15,227 | 1,725 | #185 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,757 | #180 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,439 | 1,896 | #168 |
| 1993 | — | — | 2,270 | #147 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,899 | 2,434 | #138 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,423 | 2,749 | #120 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,337 | 3,143 | #111 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,766 | 3,330 | #101 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,273 | 3,373 | #94 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,946 | 3,837 | #84 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,521 | 3,665 | #86 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,688 | 3,735 | #84 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,119 | 3,519 | #81 |
| 1983 | 19 | #4,067 | 3,488 | #82 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,393 | 3,642 | #79 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,966 | 3,581 | #84 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,953 | 3,563 | #82 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,634 | 3,460 | #83 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,877 | 3,298 | #84 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,371 | 3,093 | #90 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,498 | 2,943 | #89 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,482 | 3,011 | #85 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,655 | 2,967 | #86 |
| 1973 | 15 | #4,112 | 2,997 | #91 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,353 | 2,776 | #104 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,899 | 3,302 | #94 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,536 | 3,520 | #92 |
| 1969 | 13 | #4,113 | 3,540 | #86 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,947 | 3,622 | #82 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,292 | 3,786 | #82 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,891 | 3,954 | #86 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,431 | 4,278 | #87 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,834 | 4,977 | #76 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,155 | 4,757 | #83 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,468 | 5,069 | #81 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,925 | 5,288 | #79 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,384 | 5,509 | #76 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,841 | 5,862 | #68 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,129 | 5,832 | #67 |
| 1957 | 16 | #3,005 | 6,012 | #68 |
| 1956 | — | — | 6,105 | #64 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,524 | 6,162 | #62 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,408 | 6,279 | #62 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,158 | 6,279 | #61 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,044 | 6,154 | #60 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,290 | 6,098 | #55 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,188 | 6,070 | #53 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,492 | 6,224 | #55 |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,095 | 6,162 | #54 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,940 | 6,235 | #57 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,712 | 5,093 | #61 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,570 | 4,112 | #58 |
| 1944 | — | — | 3,992 | #60 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,531 | 4,473 | #57 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,771 | 4,604 | #54 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,192 | 4,166 | #52 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,772 | 3,674 | #60 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,379 | 3,174 | #66 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,888 | 3,172 | #64 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,169 | 3,162 | #62 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,127 | 3,033 | #63 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,760 | 3,064 | #65 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,822 | 2,784 | #69 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,374 | 2,530 | #70 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,215 | 2,625 | #70 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,935 | 2,648 | #71 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,920 | 2,655 | #75 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,083 | 2,606 | #76 |
| 1928 | 19 | #2,008 | 2,726 | #73 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,714 | 2,677 | #75 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,059 | 2,708 | #70 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,310 | 2,675 | #75 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,939 | 2,921 | #71 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,245 | 2,783 | #70 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,459 | 2,769 | #70 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,113 | 2,703 | #72 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,700 | 2,700 | #71 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,695 | 2,531 | #71 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,642 | 2,733 | #71 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,636 | 2,544 | #66 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,849 | 2,409 | #70 |
| 1915 | 9 | #3,082 | 2,328 | #69 |
| 1914 | — | — | 1,870 | #68 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,498 | 1,484 | #69 |
| 1912 | — | — | 1,237 | #69 |
| 1911 | — | — | 612 | #69 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,097 | 418 | #83 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,169 | 395 | #78 |
| 1908 | — | — | 319 | #86 |
| 1907 | — | — | 356 | #76 |
| 1906 | — | — | 280 | #85 |
| 1905 | — | — | 234 | #96 |
| 1904 | — | — | 266 | #86 |
| 1903 | — | — | 250 | #85 |
| 1902 | — | — | 226 | #90 |
| 1901 | — | — | 232 | #84 |
| 1900 | — | — | 259 | #94 |
| 1899 | — | — | 223 | #84 |
| 1898 | — | — | 244 | #86 |
| 1897 | — | — | 200 | #89 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,548 | 218 | #92 |
| 1895 | — | — | 211 | #92 |
| 1894 | — | — | 214 | #91 |
| 1893 | — | — | 208 | #91 |
| 1892 | — | — | 239 | #82 |
| 1891 | — | — | 198 | #80 |
| 1890 | — | — | 192 | #88 |
| 1889 | — | — | 183 | #95 |
| 1888 | — | — | 196 | #91 |
| 1887 | — | — | 161 | #95 |
| 1886 | — | — | 187 | #87 |
| 1885 | — | — | 163 | #89 |
| 1884 | — | — | 161 | #96 |
| 1883 | — | — | 166 | #85 |
| 1882 | — | — | 182 | #87 |
| 1881 | — | — | 156 | #83 |
| 1880 | — | — | 186 | #81 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).