How Many People Are Named Phillis?
people named Phillis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 169,033 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,683 babies named Phillis in Social Security records from 1882 to 2000, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
118 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of PHYLLIS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Phillis in English. Counting Phillis and these spellings together, about 142,699 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Phillis in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Phillis alive today is about 69 years old, and 81% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Phillis first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1949, to 118 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2000.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2000
🏆 Rank History
Phillis has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #800, in 1949.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #800 (1949) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,115 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Phillis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Phillis were born in Texas than in any other state: about 165 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Phillis was given 3.8 times as often in Alabama, 3.4 times in Texas and 3.3 times in Missouri.
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