Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Phil

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
Fond of horses. Form of Phillip.

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Phil

Pronunciation

phil

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1959 (rank #300, 676 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7679, 10 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1924 (rank #4002, 7 births); most recent 1960 (rank #6386, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202510–
20246–
20239–
20228–
202110–
20209–
201914–
201813–
201718–
201616–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #2211, 8 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4103, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20234
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2002 (rank #2723, 5 births); most recent 2018 (rank #4995, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence