girls:
77 births since 2010
#5639 (1st percentile)
boys:
31 births since 2009
#4555 (1st percentile)
overall:
108 births since 2009
#7631 (1st percentile)
The name Phinley is the #7,631 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 108 recorded births since 2009. This represents the 1.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,639 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 77 births since 2010. For boys, it ranks #4,555 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 31 births since 2009.
Phinley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009 (2009 for boys and 2010 for girls). Birth data for Phinley is available in 12 out of the 15 years between 2009 and 2023 (9 years for girls and 5 years for boys). 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.
The name Phinley has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Phinley were girls. Interestingly, until around 2010, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 2009 to 2009), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (74.8% girls from 2010 to 2023).
For girls, Phinley reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #951) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
For boys, Phinley reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #918) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Phinley ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 83.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Phinley".
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