Phineas
Phineas is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 114 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1140.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2016142 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1880
- 2,695people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,695 boys have been named Phineas in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 142 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2016, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 44%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Phineas | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1910s | 38 | |
| 1920s | 33 | |
| 1930s | 29 | |
| 1940s | 15 | |
| 1950s | 23 | |
| 1960s | 26 | |
| 1970s | 26 | |
| 1980s | 47 | |
| 1990s | 76 | |
| 2000s | 606 | |
| 2010s | 1,189 | |
| 2020s | 572 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Phineas was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Phineas
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Fisherpeak 2016
- Bostonpeak 2014
- Cannonpeak 2021
- Yuvrajpeak 2016
- Cashpeak 2013
- Josiahpeak 2017
- Atreyupeak 2018
- Jetpeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.