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Phillip

Pronounced /ˈfɪlɪp/

Rank in 2024
#626
Born in 2024
450
Peak year
1960 · #66
Origin
Ancient Greek

1880 to 2024

Cooling
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 450 boys were named Phillip, about 1 in every 3,812.
  • It peaked in 1960 with 6,043 babies, ranked #66.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 311,120 boys have been named Phillip since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Phillip per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.8
    Greatest
  2. 1.8
    Silent
  3. 2.7
    Boomers
  4. 2.4
    Gen X
  5. 2.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.7
    Gen Z
  7. 0.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 13,590 babies, 0.81 per 1,000. Silent: 36,842 babies, 1.78 per 1,000. Boomers: 100,297 babies, 2.67 per 1,000. Gen X: 65,815 babies, 2.42 per 1,000. Millennials: 63,251 babies, 2.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 21,792 babies, 0.69 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,624 babies, 0.35 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

A less common spelling of Philip.

  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/ˈfɪlɪp/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Phillip, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Philip

    Rank
    #521
    Born '24
    586
    Origin
    Ancient Greek
    1880peak 19532024