Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Philippe

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
Loves horses
French

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Philippe

Pronunciation

ph(i)-lippe, phil(ip)-pe

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1986 (rank #1255, 59 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6143, 14 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202514
202411
202322
202212
202120
202018
201925
201820
201719
201615

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 1998 (rank #1486, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3655, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20255
20243
20233
20223
20216
2020–
20196
20186
20173
20165

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 1963 (rank #1, 26,213 births); most recent 2023 (rank #724, 58 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1945 (rank #489, 12 births); most recent 1965 (rank #1690, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202358–
202277–
202178–
202092–
201951–
201869–
201784–
201683–
201594–
201478–

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

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1985 (rank #372, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence