Phyllis

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Phyllis: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #226, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#226highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Phyllis's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3262
2003	#3594
2004	#4598
2006	#5061
2010	#5707
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2014	#4003
2016	#5785
2018	#5666
2021	#5581
2024	#5891

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 Republic of Ireland in 22 of the 27 years from 1964 to 1990.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1990
Highest recorded position: #226 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–1990).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Phyllis appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 113 births with the name.

Phyllis across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Phyllis's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#226 (1966)	#517 (1990)	22 of 27	113 (1964–1990)	10 (1966)
England and Wales · Girls	#3262 (2001)	#3262 (2001)	#5891 (2024)	12 of 24	41 (2001–2024)	5 (2014)

Phyllis by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Phyllis in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	32	5 of 10	6
1970s	48	9 of 10	5
1980s	30	7 of 10	4
1990s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Phyllis appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #226 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Phyllis'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	10	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	10	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #226, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Its record falls into 15 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 37 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

7decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 7 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
15separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
37 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 1966Under 25 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Aman · #226, 29y
Magni · #226, 33y
Rasa · #226, 30y
Kazimierz · #224, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Rasa · #226, 30y
Cynthia · #225, 57y
Darach · #227, 32y
Ramona · #227, 57y

Phyllis was ranked #226 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. 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.

Phyllis 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 Phyllis without appearing here.

Phyllis moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 1979 they stood at #428 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #401 and #542.
Karin Compare
In 1976 they stood at #508 and #449 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1977 that had become #391 and #468.
Ingrid Compare
In 1986 they stood at #519 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1987 that had become #446 and #488.

Moved ahead of Phyllis

Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2757.
Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #965.
Meabh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3594 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #2781.
Nicole Compare
In 1981 they stood at #363 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #523 and #201.

Moved the opposite way to Phyllis

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Phyllis went from #327 to #517 while Aisling went from #154 to #9.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Phyllis went from #327 to #517 while Alison went from #146 to #38.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Phyllis went from #327 to #517 while Amanda went from #118 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Phyllis went from #327 to #517 while Aoife went from #206 to #7.

Moved the same way as Phyllis

Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Phyllis went from #327 to #517 and Amelia from #300 to #446.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Phyllis went from #327 to #517 and Annie from #112 to #221.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Phyllis went from #327 to #517 and Audrey from #85 to #168.
Barbara Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Phyllis went from #327 to #517 and Barbara from #43 to #208.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #226 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Phyllis

Phyllis at a glance

What stands out in Phyllis's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Phyllis across 2 official records

Phyllis by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Phyllis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Phyllis and the names beside it

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Phyllis at a glance

What stands out in Phyllis's record

Phyllis across 2 official records

Phyllis by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Phyllis appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Phyllis

Phyllis and the names beside it

Phyllis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Phyllis

Moved the opposite way to Phyllis

Moved the same way as Phyllis