Phyllis

girls:

322.5k births since 1880

#121 (98th percentile)

boys:

871 births since 1913

#3716 (19th percentile)

overall:

323.3k births since 1880

#233 (97th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Phyllis".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
322,473
Peak Births
9,187
Peak Year
1929
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
96.1%
Current Percentile
0.2%
Peak Rank
#24
Current Rank
#945
Female statistics
Total Births
871
Peak Births
34
Peak Year
1940
First Recorded
1913
Peak Percentile
5.5%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#408
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Phyllis

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Phyllis. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 73.8% confident that Phyllis is pronounced as FIH-lihs. The next most likely pronunciation is FEE-lihs, at 14.3% confidence.

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FIH-lihs (2 syllables)
Verified
73.8% confidence
F IH1 L IH0 S
FIH-luhs (2 syllables)
11.9% confidence
F IH1 L AH0 S

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Phyllis. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Phyllis, please vote using the thumbs up button.

FIH-lees (2 syllables)
3 names 3.9k births
F IH1 L IY0 S
fih-lihs (2 syllables)
1 name 597 births
F IH0 L IH0 S

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like F IH1 L IH0 S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.