Philippos
#11,658 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Philippos has been given to 42 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #11,658 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 9 recorded.
Babies named Philippos, 2025
1 in 553,000
Philippos over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Philippos?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 553,000
- 6 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 285,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #11,658
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 382,984 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Philippos sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Philippos. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Philipposs were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Philippos was born before 2017 — so the typical Philippos is around 8 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 50.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 42
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (21).
Is Philippos rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −14
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 66.7%
- Peak was 2021 (9)
- Years since peak
- 4
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 25.0% average annual change
Spellings of Philippos
Philippos is not the most common spelling — Philippe is, with 74.7% against Philippos's 1.0%.
Philippos around the world
Where Philippos ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2002–2025#2,133in 2025
- South Australia1955–1955#392in 1955
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Philippos by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Philippos
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Philippos
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.