Philippa Girl
How popular is Philippa?
#2,778 girl name in 2025
61 baby girls were named Philippa in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name.
Philippa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,778 for girls (▼ 171 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 61 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,846 in 2015, #2,779 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (75 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,962 in 1918 |
| First recorded | 1910 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Philippa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Philippa family of names ranked #1,922 for girls in 2025 (#2,023 the year before), with 72 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Philippa | 61 | 85% |
| Filippa | 6 | 8% |
| Phillipa | 5 | 7% |
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 Philippa is most popular
Babies named Philippa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
Philippa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 54 | #1,962 |
| 1920s | 69 | #2,378 |
| 1930s | 53 | #2,855 |
| 1940s | 64 | #2,254 |
| 1950s | 101 | #2,920 |
| 1960s | 114 | #3,175 |
| 1970s | 61 | #5,541 |
| 1980s | 105 | #3,888 |
| 1990s | 104 | #6,478 |
| 2000s | 133 | #6,692 |
| 2010s | 562 | #2,463 |
| 2020s | 395 | #2,425 |
Girl names about as popular as Philippa
Questions
- Is Philippa a boy or girl name?
- Philippa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Philippa were girls.
- How popular is the name Philippa?
- 61 baby girls were named Philippa in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name.
- When was Philippa most popular?
- Philippa peaked in 2022, when 75 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,962 in 1918.
- How many people are named Philippa?
- 1,815 babies have been named Philippa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,590 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Philippa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Philippa was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls 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.