Phylicia
Phylicia is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 652nd, in 1987.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1987289 births
- Best rank
- #652in 1987
- Since 1968
- 2,381people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,381 girls have been named Phylicia in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 289 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 289 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1980s alone account for 51%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1987, its biggest year
Phylicia was the 652nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Phylicia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jaleesapeak 1988
- Cherellepeak 1986
- Whittneypeak 1986
- Shardaepeak 1986
- Whitneypeak 1986
- Krystinapeak 1987
- Brittenypeak 1989
- Brittaneypeak 1989
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.