Phillipp

Boys' name

Variant of Philipp

Phillipp has been given to 41 babies in the U.S. since 1944. 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 1961, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Phillipp, 1980

1 in 689,000

Phillipp over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Phillipp: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Philipp

Ancient Greek

What Phillipp means

Phillipp is a variant of Philipp.

Origin, language, and formation

Phillipp is used in English and German. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Philipp.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 41 boys were recorded with the name Phillipp between 1944 and 1980. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1961; its best national rank was #3,294 in 1961.

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.

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How common is Phillipp?

Phillipp had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1980, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1980: 1 in 689,000; 5 of 3,444,198 births
Among boys only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1980: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 477,468 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Phillipp sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1980 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 477,468 children born in 1980 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Phillipp. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Phillipps were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Phillipp was born before 1961 — so the typical Phillipp is around 64 today.

Median birth year: 1961; About 64 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 31.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 35; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 31.7% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Phillipp 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1961 (8)
Years since peak: 64; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 44.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,294; 1961

Spellings of Phillipp

Phillipp is not the most common spelling — Philip is, with 52.0% against Phillipp's <0.01%.

Philip52.0%344,036
Phillip47.1%311,561
Philippe0.46%3,043
Phillips0.20%1,331
Philipp0.15%986
Phillipe0.09%623
Phillipp<0.01%41

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.

Phillipp by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,294; 1961
Peak year: 1961; 8 that year
First recorded: 1944
Last recorded: 1980
All-time count: 41
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Phillipp

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

Philipp Philippos Phinneas Philliph Phinley Phinehas Philips Philias Phineus Philopater Philant Philemon Phinnaeus Phillp Philipe Philmore Philopateer Phillippe Phillis Phinneaus Phillipe Philander Phinn Philibert

Sibling names for Phillipp

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

For a sister

Jeanetta Juli Carleen Mimi Juliann Danita Lorri Donita

For a brother

Mitch Art Toney Lenny Lindsay Tod Ward Rod

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