How Many People Are Named Phylis?
people named Phylis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 220,222 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,342 babies named Phylis in Social Security records from 1896 to 1985, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
109 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Phylis in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Phylis alive today is about 73 years old, and 91% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Phylis first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1949, to 109 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1985.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 1985
🏆 Rank History
Phylis has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #791, in 1943.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #791 (1943) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #872 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Phylis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Phylis were born in New York than in any other state: about 110 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Phylis was given 3.5 times as often in New York, 1.9 times in Ohio and 1.5 times in Michigan.
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