Phyliss
Recorded 1909–1983 · United States
Phyliss was most popular in 1951, when 70 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,885 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,406 people named Phyliss.
Phyliss over time
How old is the name Phyliss?
Phyliss first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1909, which makes it about 116 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 71 of the 117 years since. It was last recorded in 1983.
How many people are named Phyliss?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,406 American births named Phyliss between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,253 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Phyliss in 2025?
Phyliss was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Phyliss a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Phyliss is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,406 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.
How old is someone named Phyliss?
Roughly 1,253 Americans named Phyliss are alive today — 52% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 73 years old, and half are between 65 and 79.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Phyliss 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