Phillip
Boy · FIL-ip · Greek
Phillip is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lover of horses”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 651st for boys in the US (425 babies).
What does Phillip mean?
Greek: spelling of Philip
“lover of horses”
A common English spelling of Philip, from the Greek Philippos.
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- FIL-ip
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Is Phillip a girl's or a boy's name?
Phillip is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 425 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Phillip in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Phillip, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 189 boys.
Half of all the boys named Phillip in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 229 boys in the UK were given Phillip or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #239, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1914 (#99), 1944 (#93), 1954 (#57), 1964 (#59), 1974 (#63) and 1984 (#64).
Phillip in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 38 | #892 |
| 2017 | 34 | #985 |
| 2016 | 36 | #939 |
| 2015 | 44 | #794 |
| 2014 | 45 | #773 |
| 2013 | 46 | #768 |
| 2012 | 66 | #601 |
| 2011 | 46 | #764 |
| 2010 | 63 | #603 |
| 2009 | 59 | #617 |
| 2008 | 56 | #628 |
| 2007 | 55 | #612 |
| 2006 | 59 | #560 |
| 2005 | 55 | #544 |
| 2004 | 63 | #475 |
| 2003 | 63 | #451 |
| 2002 | 68 | #390 |
| 2001 | 79 | #366 |
| 2000 | 101 | #300 |
| 1999 | 103 | #303 |
| 1998 | 125 | #260 |
| 1997 | 176 | #204 |
| 1996 | 189 | #193 |
How popular is Phillip in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #651among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 425about 1 in 4,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 425 boys in the US were named Phillip, making it the 651st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 519th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 6,047 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Phillip than any year since 1913.
Half of all the boys named Phillip in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,040 boys in the US were given Phillip or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #334, up from #651 for this spelling alone.
Phillip in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 425 | #651 |
| 2024 | 453 | #626 |
| 2023 | 455 | #616 |
| 2022 | 514 | #572 |
| 2021 | 559 | #524 |
| 2020 | 553 | #519 |
| 2019 | 569 | #503 |
| 2018 | 666 | #449 |
| 2017 | 727 | #427 |
| 2016 | 707 | #437 |
| 2015 | 762 | #408 |
| 2014 | 798 | #390 |
| 2013 | 870 | #362 |
| 2012 | 884 | #350 |
| 2011 | 779 | #378 |
| 2010 | 864 | #354 |
| 2009 | 927 | #339 |
| 2008 | 1,098 | #304 |
| 2007 | 1,175 | #292 |
| 2006 | 1,220 | #286 |
| 2005 | 1,233 | #268 |
| 2004 | 1,325 | #247 |
| 2003 | 1,455 | #233 |
| 2002 | 1,553 | #226 |
| 2001 | 1,711 | #209 |
| 2000 | 1,776 | #198 |
| 1999 | 1,818 | #188 |
| 1998 | 1,887 | #178 |
| 1997 | 2,087 | #165 |
| 1996 | 2,309 | #150 |
| 1995 | 2,513 | #137 |
| 1994 | 2,675 | #131 |
| 1993 | 3,003 | #117 |
| 1992 | 3,375 | #107 |
| 1991 | 3,851 | #98 |
| 1990 | 4,454 | #81 |
| 1989 | 4,721 | #75 |
| 1988 | 4,576 | #71 |
| 1987 | 4,813 | #68 |
| 1986 | 4,705 | #70 |
| 1985 | 4,496 | #69 |
| 1984 | 4,234 | #70 |
| 1983 | 4,470 | #66 |
| 1982 | 4,520 | #67 |
| 1981 | 4,539 | #66 |
| 1980 | 4,633 | #65 |
| 1979 | 4,422 | #68 |
| 1978 | 4,362 | #67 |
| 1977 | 3,967 | #70 |
| 1976 | 3,789 | #69 |
| 1975 | 3,853 | #72 |
| 1974 | 3,934 | #70 |
| 1973 | 3,861 | #71 |
| 1972 | 3,532 | #75 |
| 1971 | 3,850 | #76 |
| 1970 | 4,275 | #73 |
| 1969 | 4,006 | #74 |
| 1968 | 3,987 | #71 |
| 1967 | 4,049 | #73 |
| 1966 | 4,402 | #71 |
| 1965 | 4,891 | #70 |
| 1964 | 5,502 | #67 |
| 1963 | 5,655 | #70 |
| 1962 | 5,881 | #68 |
| 1961 | 5,976 | #69 |
| 1960 | 6,047 | #66 |
| 1959 | 5,597 | #74 |
| 1958 | 5,273 | #81 |
| 1957 | 5,544 | #79 |
| 1956 | 5,414 | #76 |
| 1955 | 5,411 | #74 |
| 1954 | 5,149 | #75 |
| 1953 | 5,103 | #76 |
| 1952 | 5,001 | #74 |
| 1951 | 4,910 | #79 |
| 1950 | 5,055 | #64 |
| 1949 | 5,201 | #66 |
| 1948 | 5,018 | #69 |
| 1947 | 4,789 | #74 |
| 1946 | 3,775 | #83 |
| 1945 | 3,081 | #85 |
| 1944 | 3,002 | #83 |
| 1943 | 3,251 | #81 |
| 1942 | 3,373 | #77 |
| 1941 | 2,871 | #77 |
| 1940 | 2,628 | #79 |
| 1939 | 2,175 | #92 |
| 1938 | 2,154 | #95 |
| 1937 | 2,005 | #98 |
| 1936 | 1,847 | #102 |
| 1935 | 1,783 | #107 |
| 1934 | 1,577 | #113 |
| 1933 | 1,328 | #125 |
| 1932 | 1,314 | #134 |
| 1931 | 1,176 | #141 |
| 1930 | 1,175 | #144 |
| 1929 | 1,027 | #151 |
| 1928 | 1,078 | #149 |
| 1927 | 1,040 | #152 |
| 1926 | 1,020 | #154 |
| 1925 | 942 | #160 |
| 1924 | 900 | #166 |
| 1923 | 844 | #170 |
| 1922 | 920 | #164 |
| 1921 | 914 | #161 |
| 1920 | 840 | #164 |
| 1919 | 741 | #177 |
| 1918 | 730 | #180 |
| 1917 | 722 | #173 |
| 1916 | 723 | #165 |
| 1915 | 628 | #180 |
| 1914 | 537 | #165 |
| 1913 | 369 | #184 |
| 1912 | 306 | #189 |
| 1911 | 212 | #159 |
| 1910 | 167 | #173 |
| 1909 | 146 | #171 |
| 1908 | 131 | #173 |
| 1907 | 124 | #174 |
| 1906 | 122 | #161 |
| 1905 | 127 | #159 |
| 1904 | 127 | #151 |
| 1903 | 92 | #180 |
| 1902 | 87 | #190 |
| 1901 | 78 | #187 |
| 1900 | 127 | #165 |
| 1899 | 88 | #167 |
| 1898 | 86 | #183 |
| 1897 | 82 | #186 |
| 1896 | 89 | #182 |
| 1895 | 90 | #175 |
| 1894 | 110 | #140 |
| 1893 | 81 | #176 |
| 1892 | 104 | #154 |
| 1891 | 74 | #175 |
| 1890 | 80 | #173 |
| 1889 | 78 | #171 |
| 1888 | 116 | #133 |
| 1887 | 80 | #155 |
| 1886 | 94 | #149 |
| 1885 | 87 | #154 |
| 1884 | 89 | #154 |
| 1883 | 92 | #133 |
| 1882 | 103 | #137 |
| 1881 | 84 | #148 |
| 1880 | 75 | #173 |
Nicknames for Phillip
Names like Phillip
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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