The name Phillip is of Greek origin, and means lover of horses.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Phillip 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 Phillip
Use of the Name Phillip for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
294,855
198,670
81,335
18,344
7,745
2,740
1,299
The table below indicates the number of times the name Phillip has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
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 Phillip
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
174
75
1881
149
84
1882
137
103
1883
138
92
1884
155
89
1885
157
87
1886
151
94
1887
156
80
1888
135
116
1889
172
78
1890
174
80
1891
177
74
1892
155
104
1893
180
81
1894
140
110
1895
178
90
1896
184
89
1897
189
82
1898
183
86
1899
167
88
1900
165
128
1901
189
78
1902
191
87
1903
181
92
1904
152
127
1905
159
128
1906
163
122
1907
176
124
1908
174
131
1909
171
145
1910
173
168
1911
158
213
1912
189
306
1913
184
370
1914
165
536
1915
180
628
1916
165
724
1917
173
722
1918
179
732
1919
177
743
1920
166
836
1921
161
918
1922
165
917
1923
170
846
1924
166
902
1925
160
941
1926
154
1,024
1927
152
1,038
1928
150
1,070
1929
150
1,030
1930
145
1,170
1931
141
1,175
1932
133
1,313
1933
125
1,321
1934
112
1,575
1935
107
1,783
1936
102
1,843
1937
98
2,002
1938
95
2,155
1939
92
2,175
1940
80
2,621
1941
77
2,872
1942
78
3,374
1943
81
3,229
1944
83
2,994
1945
85
3,074
1946
83
3,787
1947
74
4,776
1948
69
4,995
1949
66
5,184
1950
64
5,051
1951
79
4,877
1952
74
4,998
1953
76
5,089
1954
75
5,144
1955
74
5,389
1956
76
5,411
1957
79
5,540
1958
81
5,269
1959
74
5,578
1960
66
6,038
1961
69
5,959
1962
68
5,890
1963
70
5,647
1964
67
5,495
1965
70
4,895
1966
71
4,407
1967
73
4,048
1968
74
3,980
1969
74
4,006
1970
73
4,280
1971
76
3,845
1972
78
3,527
1973
71
3,856
1974
70
3,922
1975
72
3,846
1976
69
3,785
1977
70
3,953
1978
67
4,350
1979
68
4,419
1980
65
4,628
1981
66
4,531
1982
67
4,513
1983
66
4,454
1984
70
4,230
1985
69
4,492
1986
70
4,707
1987
68
4,813
1988
71
4,564
1989
74
4,724
1990
81
4,448
1991
98
3,842
1992
107
3,371
1993
117
2,999
1994
131
2,675
1995
137
2,509
1996
150
2,311
1997
166
2,080
1998
177
1,886
1999
188
1,813
2000
198
1,770
2001
209
1,704
2002
226
1,531
2003
233
1,441
2004
249
1,299
Totals:
294,855
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Phillip as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.