# Phillipa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/phillipa/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 113 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 113 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 450, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A less common spelling of Philippa.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 6 | 5,113 |
| 1952 | 7 | 4,822 |
| 1953 | 5 | 6,315 |
| 1959 | 6 | 6,055 |
| 1960 | 5 | 7,075 |
| 1962 | 5 | 7,317 |
| 1964 | 5 | 7,528 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,865 |
| 1990 | 5 | 14,592 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12,010 |
| 2014 | 6 | 16,073 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,156 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,090 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,683 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 19 | 1,545 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Phillipa

- Phillipa Soo, American actress

## 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.