Meaning and history
Phyllis is a Greek name meaning “foliage.” In Greek mythology, it belonged to a woman who killed herself for love of Demophon and was then transformed into an almond tree. The name began to be used as a given name in England in the 16th century, though it was often confused with Felicia.
20062006: 25 births, rank #5,383
2007: 24 births, rank #5,709
2008: 20 births, rank #6,559
2009: 23 births, rank #5,891
2010: 25 births, rank #5,414
20112011: 20 births, rank #6,335
2012: 13 births, rank #8,632
2013: 19 births, rank #6,462
2014: 22 births, rank #5,797
2015: 22 births, rank #5,833
20162016: 21 births, rank #5,985
2017: 21 births, rank #5,821
2018: 18 births, rank #6,521
2019: 15 births, rank #7,342
2020: 20 births, rank #5,850
20212021: 11 births, rank #8,978
2022: 15 births, rank #7,281
2023: 7 births, rank #12,197
2024: 13 births, rank #7,967
20252025: 7 births, rank #11,932
Phyllis moved from #884 to #959 for girls between 1983 and 1984. Its highest annual birth count came in 1947, with 9,187 births.