The name Phil is a diminutive form of Philip.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Phil has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Phil
Use of the Name Phil for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
18,609
7,071
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Phil has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Phil last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1976, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Phil
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
557
12
1881
409
18
1882
534
13
1883
354
23
1884
427
19
1885
518
14
1886
426
18
1887
434
16
1888
477
17
1889
428
19
1890
401
21
1891
455
16
1892
440
20
1893
500
15
1894
458
19
1895
550
15
1896
514
17
1897
401
23
1898
482
19
1899
542
14
1900
512
22
1901
420
21
1902
435
23
1903
483
20
1904
477
21
1905
491
22
1906
558
18
1907
491
23
1908
498
26
1909
553
23
1910
499
32
1911
572
29
1912
529
57
1913
507
73
1914
485
101
1915
509
119
1916
551
108
1917
496
134
1918
482
153
1919
523
130
1920
537
130
1921
495
157
1922
534
138
1923
495
155
1924
500
153
1925
516
141
1926
485
154
1927
468
167
1928
492
152
1929
466
159
1930
432
183
1931
390
207
1932
381
217
1933
374
210
1934
329
271
1935
337
266
1936
319
285
1937
317
290
1938
313
309
1939
307
332
1940
297
353
1941
293
392
1942
303
404
1943
304
414
1944
296
406
1945
304
384
1946
275
544
1947
262
650
1948
279
579
1949
328
436
1950
357
359
1951
400
290
1952
440
255
1953
445
256
1954
471
237
1955
422
297
1956
416
334
1957
340
494
1958
319
580
1959
300
672
1960
314
625
1961
312
629
1962
317
616
1963
356
475
1964
357
478
1965
413
358
1966
462
271
1967
517
209
1968
544
192
1969
558
196
1970
658
154
1971
686
145
1972
727
120
1973
891
81
1974
1975
993
69
1976
959
76
Totals:
18,609
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Phil as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Phil appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 96 times during the last 125 years.