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Phineas
Rank in 2024
#1,541
Born in 2024
114
Peak year
2016 · #1282
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 114 boys were named Phineas, about 1 in every 15,047.
- It peaked in 2016 with 142 babies, ranked #1282.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 2,695 boys have been named Phineas since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Phineas per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 71 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 34 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 51 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 39 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 76 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,014 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,395 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Ancient Greek Φινέας (Phinéas), alternative form of Φινεύς (Phineús). See Phineus. Alternative source from Hebrew (פִינְחָס). See Phinehas.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, Hebrew (פִינְחָס), or Egyptian of biblical origin.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Phineas, CC BY-SA 4.0.