How Many People Are Named Phil?
people named Phil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,112 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,108 babies named Phil in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
677 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of PHILIP and various other names beginning with Phil, often a Greek element meaning "friend, dear, beloved".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Phil (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Phil alive today is about 64 years old, and 74% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Phil first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 677 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Phil has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #261, in 1947. In 2025 it ranked #8,074.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,074 |
| Best rank | #261 (1947) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #293 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Phil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Phil were born in California than in any other state: about 1,189 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Phil was given 2.5 times as often in New Mexico, 2.4 times in Oklahoma and 2.4 times in Utah.
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