How Many People Are Named Philippa?
people named Philippa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 216,319 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,815 babies named Philippa in Social Security records from 1910 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
75 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinate feminine form of PHILIP.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Philippa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Philippa alive today is about 23 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Philippa first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 2022, to 75 babies. In 2025, 61 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Philippa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,015, in 1918. In 2025 it ranked #2,808.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,808 |
| Best rank | #2,015 (1918) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,002 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Philippa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Philippa were born in New York than in any other state: about 114 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Philippa was given 6.3 times as often in New York and 2.4 times in California.
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