Phi Popularity by Year

Follow Phi across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Phi birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2015	Boys	10	#7,491	Up 4,783 places
2012	Boys	5	#12,274	Down 43 places
2010	Boys	5	#12,231	Down 3,921 places
2009	Boys	9	#8,310	Down 1,123 places
2009	Girls	5	#17,294	Down 7,713 places
2008	Boys	11	#7,187	Up 1,728 places
2007	Boys	8	#8,915	Down 917 places
2006	Boys	9	#7,998	Down 902 places
2005	Boys	10	#7,096	Up 440 places
2004	Boys	9	#7,536	Down 1,978 places
2003	Boys	13	#5,558	Up 167 places
2002	Boys	12	#5,725	Up 1,811 places
2001	Boys	8	#7,536	Down 1,220 places
2000	Boys	10	#6,316	Down 2,154 places
1999	Boys	17	#4,162	Up 4,317 places
1998	Boys	6	#8,479	Down 4,420 places
1997	Boys	16	#4,059	Down 381 places
1996	Boys	18	#3,678	Up 2,729 places
1996	Girls	8	#9,581	Up 1,828 places
1995	Boys	8	#6,407	Down 3,081 places
1994	Boys	20	#3,326	Up 493 places
1993	Boys	16	#3,819	Down 1,149 places
1992	Boys	26	#2,670	Up 13 places
1991	Boys	25	#2,683	Up 483 places
1990	Boys	19	#3,166	Up 1,105 places
1990	Girls	6	#11,409	Up 953 places
1989	Boys	12	#4,271	Down 1,192 places
1989	Girls	5	#12,362	Down 1,940 places
1988	Boys	17	#3,079	Down 679 places
1987	Boys	23	#2,400	Down 40 places
1986	Boys	23	#2,360	Up 1,041 places
1985	Boys	13	#3,401	Down 577 places
1984	Boys	16	#2,824	Down 37 places
1984	Girls	5	#10,422	Down 147 places
1983	Boys	16	#2,787	Up 44 places
1983	Girls	5	#10,275	Down 1,038 places
1982	Boys	16	#2,831	Down 262 places
1982	Girls	6	#9,237	Up 1,174 places
1981	Boys	18	#2,569	Up 1,269 places
1981	Girls	5	#10,411	—
1980	Boys	10	#3,838	Down 28 places
1979	Boys	10	#3,810	Up 2,035 places
1977	Boys	5	#5,845	Down 258 places
1976	Boys	5	#5,587	—