Phil
Boy · FIL · Greek
Phil is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lover of horses”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Phil mean?
Greek: short form of Philip
“lover of horses”
Short for Philip, from Greek Philippos 'lover of horses', the name of Alexander the Great's father.
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- FIL
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Is Phil a girl's or a boy's name?
Phil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Phil in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Phil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Phil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Phil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Phil, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1959, with 677 boys.
Half of all the boys named Phil in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Phil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,719 |
| 1990 | 39 | #1,941 |
| 1989 | 47 | #1,653 |
| 1988 | 46 | #1,571 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,707 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,241 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,101 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,154 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,214 |
| 1977 | 65 | #1,071 |
| 1976 | 76 | #957 |
| 1975 | 69 | #984 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,035 |
| 1973 | 81 | #885 |
| 1972 | 121 | #724 |
| 1971 | 144 | #690 |
| 1970 | 155 | #657 |
| 1969 | 195 | #559 |
| 1968 | 193 | #544 |
| 1967 | 210 | #517 |
| 1966 | 271 | #463 |
| 1965 | 359 | #412 |
| 1964 | 478 | #357 |
| 1963 | 474 | #357 |
| 1962 | 613 | #317 |
| 1961 | 634 | #311 |
| 1960 | 626 | #314 |
| 1959 | 677 | #300 |
| 1958 | 576 | #320 |
| 1957 | 495 | #340 |
| 1956 | 335 | #415 |
| 1955 | 297 | #424 |
| 1954 | 236 | #471 |
| 1953 | 258 | #444 |
| 1952 | 256 | #436 |
| 1951 | 288 | #399 |
| 1950 | 359 | #356 |
| 1949 | 438 | #328 |
| 1948 | 575 | #281 |
| 1947 | 659 | #260 |
| 1946 | 543 | #276 |
| 1945 | 387 | #303 |
| 1944 | 407 | #296 |
| 1943 | 415 | #306 |
| 1942 | 405 | #303 |
| 1941 | 392 | #294 |
| 1940 | 354 | #296 |
| 1939 | 332 | #306 |
| 1938 | 310 | #311 |
| 1937 | 289 | #317 |
| 1936 | 285 | #319 |
| 1935 | 264 | #338 |
| 1934 | 273 | #327 |
| 1933 | 209 | #375 |
| 1932 | 217 | #381 |
| 1931 | 207 | #392 |
| 1930 | 185 | #431 |
| 1929 | 157 | #467 |
| 1928 | 153 | #491 |
| 1927 | 168 | #467 |
| 1926 | 155 | #482 |
| 1925 | 140 | #516 |
| 1924 | 154 | #499 |
| 1923 | 156 | #491 |
| 1922 | 136 | #537 |
| 1921 | 157 | #494 |
| 1920 | 130 | #535 |
| 1919 | 130 | #521 |
| 1918 | 155 | #474 |
| 1917 | 133 | #497 |
| 1916 | 108 | #551 |
| 1915 | 120 | #507 |
| 1914 | 101 | #483 |
| 1913 | 73 | #507 |
| 1912 | 57 | #521 |
| 1911 | 29 | #562 |
| 1910 | 32 | #492 |
| 1909 | 23 | #545 |
| 1908 | 26 | #489 |
| 1907 | 23 | #486 |
| 1906 | 18 | #547 |
| 1905 | 21 | #491 |
| 1904 | 21 | #466 |
| 1903 | 20 | #470 |
| 1902 | 23 | #426 |
| 1901 | 21 | #407 |
| 1900 | 22 | #490 |
| 1899 | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | 19 | #473 |
| 1897 | 23 | #392 |
| 1896 | 17 | #500 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 20 | #422 |
| 1891 | 16 | #441 |
| 1890 | 21 | #389 |
| 1889 | 19 | #415 |
| 1888 | 17 | #464 |
| 1887 | 16 | #420 |
| 1886 | 18 | #417 |
| 1885 | 14 | #498 |
| 1884 | 19 | #416 |
| 1883 | 23 | #346 |
| 1882 | 13 | #514 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
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