Phillippa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Phillippa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Phillippa: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #736, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#736highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#802
1997	#736
1998	#1122
1999	#842
2000	#993
2001	#853
2002	#998
2003	#2191
2004	#1383
2005	#1796
2006	#1983
2007	#2627
2008	#3397
2009	#2759
2010	#5707
2011	#2432
2012	#3285
2013	#3160
2014	#3160
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2017	#5765
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #802 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #736 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Phillippa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Phillippa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	104	4 of 10	26
2000sbusiest	139	10 of 10	14
2010s	44	8 of 10	6
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Phillippa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #736 in England and Wales in 1997.

Phillippa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#998	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#853	27	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#993	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#842	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#736	32	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#802	28	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #736, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
22 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
32births registered in its largest year, 199725 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amba · #736, 28y
Masuma · #736, 22y
Mehar · #736, 21y
Ava-May · #735, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amba · #736, 28y
Flavia · #736, 29y
Isadora · #736, 30y
Ishani · #736, 26y

Phillippa was ranked #736 in England and Wales · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Phillippa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Phillippa without appearing here.

Phillippa moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #4684.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5765 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5765 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5765 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Phillippa

Eabha Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3514 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2070.
Linnea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2496.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Karin Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.

Moved the opposite way to Phillippa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phillippa went from #802 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phillippa went from #802 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phillippa went from #802 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phillippa went from #802 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Phillippa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phillippa went from #802 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phillippa went from #802 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phillippa went from #802 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phillippa went from #802 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #736 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Phillippa

Phillippa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Phillippa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Phillippa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Phillippa at a glance

Phillippa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Phillippa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Phillippa

Phillippa and the names beside it

Phillippa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Phillippa

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