Philo
Boy · FY-loh · Greek
Philo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “loving, friend”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Philo mean?
Greek: from Greek philos
“loving, friend”
Philo of Alexandria was a 1st-century Jewish philosopher; Philo Farnsworth built an early electronic television.
- Say it
- FY-loh
Is Philo a girl's or a boy's name?
Philo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Philo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Philo, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Philo than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Philo in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2016. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Philo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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