# Phillis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/phillis/  
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 | 3,683 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 3,677 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

A less common spelling of Phyllis.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 9 | 6,718 |
| 1978 | 9 | 6,769 |
| 1979 | 5 | 11,410 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7,925 |
| 1981 | 10 | 6,674 |
| 1982 | 6 | 10,105 |
| 1983 | 11 | 6,105 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,868 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10,274 |
| 1987 | 9 | 7,816 |
| 1988 | 7 | 10,061 |
| 1989 | 5 | 13,890 |
| 1992 | 8 | 10,206 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,218 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,523 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 6 | 4,233 |

## People named Phillis

- Phillis Wheatley, first African-American poet (1753–1784)

## 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.