# Phillip (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/phillip/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɪlɪp/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 312,891 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 311,561 / 1,330 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,720, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A less common spelling of Philip.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 39 | 2,531 |
| 1986 | 33 | 2,891 |
| 1987 | 26 | 3,491 |
| 1988 | 27 | 3,553 |
| 1989 | 26 | 3,862 |
| 1990 | 13 | 6,755 |
| 1991 | 7 | 11,160 |
| 1992 | 8 | 10,205 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,530 |
| 1994 | 7 | 11,440 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,122 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,280 |
| 1997 | 6 | 13,294 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17,274 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,493 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 779 | 378 |
| 2012 | 884 | 350 |
| 2013 | 870 | 364 |
| 2014 | 798 | 390 |
| 2015 | 762 | 409 |
| 2016 | 707 | 437 |
| 2017 | 727 | 427 |
| 2018 | 666 | 449 |
| 2019 | 569 | 503 |
| 2020 | 553 | 519 |
| 2021 | 559 | 525 |
| 2022 | 514 | 573 |
| 2023 | 455 | 616 |
| 2024 | 453 | 626 |
| 2025 | 425 | 651 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 718 |
| 2012 | 59 | 592 |
| 2013 | 46 | 709 |
| 2014 | 45 | 714 |
| 2015 | 44 | 740 |
| 2016 | 35 | 884 |
| 2017 | 31 | 968 |
| 2018 | 37 | 835 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,226 |

## People named Phillip

- Phillip Cocu, Dutch association football player and manager
- Phillip Sharp, American biologist
- Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (1988-2014)
- Phillip Noyce, Australian film director
- Phillip Phillips, American singer (born 1990)
- Phillip Griffiths, American mathematician (1938-)
- John Phillip Law, American film actor (1937-2008)
- Phillip Rhee, American actor
- Phillip Parker King, British Royal Navy officer and early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts (179
- Phillip E. Johnson, American legal academic (1940-2019)
- Phillip V. Tobias, anthropologist (1925–2012)
- Phillip Glasser, American actor and film producer

## 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.