Filip Boy
How popular is Filip?
#2,940 boy name in 2025
42 baby boys were named Filip in the US in 2025, making it the 2940th most popular boy name.
Filip popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,940 for boys (▼ 381 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 42 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,931 in 2015, #2,190 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (127 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,336 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1953 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Filip counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Philip family of names ranked #322 for boys in 2025 (#306 the year before), with 1,060 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Philip | 568 | 54% |
| Phillip | 425 | 40% |
| Filip | 42 | 4% |
| Philippe | 14 | 1% |
| Philipp | 5 | 0% |
| Filipe | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Filip is most popular
Babies named Filip per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (79 boys)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Filip by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13 | #3,175 |
| 1960s | 5 | #3,929 |
| 1970s | 22 | #3,613 |
| 1980s | 97 | #2,825 |
| 1990s | 269 | #2,214 |
| 2000s | 739 | #1,528 |
| 2010s | 899 | #1,336 |
| 2020s | 340 | #2,135 |
Boy names about as popular as Filip
Questions
- Is Filip a boy or girl name?
- Filip is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Filip were boys.
- How popular is the name Filip?
- 42 baby boys were named Filip in the US in 2025, making it the 2940th most popular boy name.
- When was Filip most popular?
- Filip peaked in 2012, when 127 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,336 in 2012.
- How many people are named Filip?
- 2,384 babies have been named Filip in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,346 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Filip most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Filip was most common in Illinois, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.