girls:
1.7k births since 1910
#4076 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1910
#6063 (22nd percentile)
The name Philippa is the #6,063 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,687 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 21.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,076 (28.7% percentile) for all time with 1,687 births since 1910.
Philippa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (first recorded for girls in 1910). Birth data for Philippa is available in 100 out of the 114 years between 1910 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Philippa reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.3% percentile (ranked #888) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 42 births per million (ranked 7.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Philippa ranks #885 for girls (6.6% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 91.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Philippa".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Philippa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.0% confident that Philippa is pronounced as fih-LIH-puh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FIH-lih-puh, at 32.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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