Phi
Boy · FEE · Vietnamese
Phi is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “to fly”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Phi mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Phi, tone marks dropped
“to fly”
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Is Phi a girl's or a boy's name?
Phi is a boys' name.
How popular is Phi in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Phi in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Phi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
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