Phillips
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIL-ips
- Origin
- English
Phillips is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Philip”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Phillips mean?
English: English and Welsh surname, 'son of Philip', from Greek Philippos
“son of Philip”
Is Phillips a girl's or a boy's name?
Phillips is a boys' name.
How popular is Phillips in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1949, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the boys named Phillips in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Phillips in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,274 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,580 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,533 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,643 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
Nicknames for Phillips
Names like Phillips
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Phillips: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/phillips, updated 20 October 2026.