Meaning and history
Short form of Philip and other names beginning with Phil, often derived from a Greek element meaning “friend,” “dear,” or “beloved.”
20062006: 18 births, rank #4,865
2007: 20 births, rank #4,640
2008: 23 births, rank #4,267
2009: 14 births, rank #6,095
2010: 8 births, rank #8,803
20112011: 8 births, rank #8,767
2012: 17 births, rank #5,256
2013: 16 births, rank #5,404
2014: 12 births, rank #6,632
2015: 17 births, rank #5,289
20162016: 16 births, rank #5,555
2017: 18 births, rank #5,111
2018: 13 births, rank #6,345
2019: 14 births, rank #6,104
2020: 9 births, rank #8,067
20212021: 10 births, rank #7,587
2022: 8 births, rank #8,990
2023: 9 births, rank #8,255
2024: 6 births, rank #10,938
20252025: 10 births, rank #7,679
Phil rose from #991 to #962 for boys between 1975 and 1976. Its highest annual birth count came in 1959, with 677 births.