Is Phylis a boy or girl name?

Phylis is a girl’s name. Of the 3,342 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Phylis

Recorded 1896–1985 · United States

Phylis was most popular in 1949, when 109 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,454 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,342 people named Phylis.

Phylis over time

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

Is Phylis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Phylis is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,342 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% 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 Phylis

Where Phylis 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