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Philis

Girls' name

Variant of Phyllis

Philis has been given to 217 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1949, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Philis, 1973

1 in 603,000

Philis over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Philis: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Phyllis

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Philis means

Philis is a variant of Phyllis.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Philis is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪl.ɪs/ for Philis.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Philis → Phyllis. The family’s meaning is “foliage”, recorded in the naming reference for Phyllis.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Phyllis.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 217 girls were recorded with the name Philis between 1917 and 1973. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1949; its best national rank was #3,153 in 1942.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Philis?

Philis had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1973, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1973
1 in 603,000
5 of 3,016,706 births
Among girls only
1 in 292,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1973
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
418,205 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Philis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1973 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 418,205 children born in 1973 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Philis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Philiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Philis was born before 1949 — so the typical Philis is around 76 today.

Median birth year
1949
About 76 years old
Biggest decade
1940s
30.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
53.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
106
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1940s — 30.9% of all recorded uses (67).

Is Philis 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1949 (11)
Years since peak
76
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,153
1942

Spellings of Philis

Philis is not the most common spelling — Phyllis is, with 96.4% against Philis's 0.06%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Philis around the world

Where Philis 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.

  • South Australia
    1968–1968
    #679
    in 1968

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Philis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,153
1942
Peak year
1949
11 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
1973
All-time count
217
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Philis

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

PhillisAnelisYaelisPhionaAllisPhillipaEilisKalisWallisMaelisAnalisPhilenaPhilanaMelisArielisJanelisAdalisDallisIdalisCarlisIvelisArelisKaelisJoelis

Sibling names for Philis

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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