Philipp
Boy · FIL-ip · Greek
Philipp is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lover of horses”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Philipp mean?
Greek: spelling of Philip; from Philippos
“lover of horses”
Borne by Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, and by the apostle Philip.
- Say it
- FIL-ip
Meaning borrowed from Philip. More on Wiktionary.
Is Philipp a girl's or a boy's name?
Philipp is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Philipp in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Philipp in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Philipp in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Philipp in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Philipp, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had fewer boys named Philipp than any year since 1972.
Half of all the boys named Philipp in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,040 boys in the US were given Philipp or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #334, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Philipp in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
Nicknames for Philipp
Names like Philipp
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Philipp
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