Is Phillis a boy or girl name?

Phillis is a girl’s name. Of the 3,683 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.8% were girls and 0.2% were boys.

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Phillis

Recorded 1882–2000 · United States

Phillis was most popular in 1949, when 118 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,387 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,683 people named Phillis.

Phillis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Phillis’s peak in 1949. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Phillis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Phillis is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 3,683 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Phillis

Where Phillis is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org