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How popular is the name Phillip?
Births per year, rank history and how many Phillips are alive today.
Phillip (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 23 in 2025, ranked 1226th. This spelling of the name peaked in 1964, when around 1,600 babies were given the name, the 59th most popular that year. Phillip fell out of the published rankings after 1914 and returned in 1944, a classic revival pattern. At least 70,000 babies have been named Phillip in England and Wales since 1914. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Phillip is one spelling of a name also recorded as Filip; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Phillip you are most likely to meet is around 61 years old. Half of all Phillips born in England and Wales are between 41 and 65, and there are at least 60,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly an 18% chance that at least one of them will be called Phillip.
How many babies are named Phillip each year?
Includes all spellings: Phillip, Filip. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Phillip spelling rank?
Where does the Filip spelling rank?
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 Phillip most popular?
Phillip peaked in 1964, when around 1,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Phillip?
At least 60,000 people named Phillip in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Phillip?
Most living Phillips are between 41 and 65; the most common age is about 61.
Is Phillip becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.