Phillipa
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Phillipa is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Phillipa mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Phillipa a girl's or a boy's name?
Phillipa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Phillipa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Phillipa, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 39 girls.
Half of all the girls named Phillipa in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 142 girls in the UK were given Phillipa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #352, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Phillipa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 24 | #975 |
| 1998 | 34 | #761 |
| 1997 | 31 | #822 |
| 1996 | 39 | #674 |
Names like Phillipa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lydia Helena Georgia Emma Anna Pippa Georgina Ella Sophie Matilda Leona Eliza
Other spellings of Phillipa
Philippa Filippa
Names related to Phillipa
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Phillipa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/phillipa, updated 20 October 2026.