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How popular is the name Phyllis?
Births per year, rank history and how many Phyllises are alive today.
Phyllis (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 3 in 2024, ranked 5892nd. The name peaked in 1914, when around 7,000 babies were given the name, the 14th most popular that year. It has declined since 1914; the 2024 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 13,000 babies have been named Phyllis in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Phyllis you are most likely to meet is around 94 years old. Half of all Phyllises born in England and Wales are between 61 and 91, and there are at least 15,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Phyllis.
How many babies are named Phyllis each year?
Where does Phyllis rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Phyllis most popular?
Phyllis peaked in 1914, when around 7,000 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Phyllis?
At least 15,000 people named Phyllis born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Phyllis?
Most living Phyllises are between 61 and 91; the most common age is about 94.
Is Phyllis becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1914 peak.