# Philippe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/philippe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,043 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,043 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 139, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,493 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,496 |
| 2013 | 27 | 3,829 |
| 2014 | 23 | 4,362 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,664 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,984 |
| 2017 | 19 | 5,065 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,876 |
| 2019 | 25 | 4,203 |
| 2020 | 18 | 5,181 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,893 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,136 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,702 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,626 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,355 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Philippe

- Philippe Pétain, French military and political leader (1856–1951)
- Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian association football player
- Philippe Noiret, French actor (1930–2006)
- Philippe Mexès, French footballer (born 1982)
- Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, French prince (1640-1701)
- Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist
- Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (1602–1674)
- Philippe Aghion, French economist
- Philippe Pinel, French psychiatrist (1745–1826)
- Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (1902–1947)
- Philippe de Broca, French film director (1933–2004)
- Philippe Starck, French designer (born 1949)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.