Philemon
Rank in 2025
#7679
recorded as boys
Up 2,215 since 2024
Babies in 2025
10
boys 10
Peak year
2017
24 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
925
since 1916
Born a Philemon? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Philemon was most popular in 2017, when 24 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 10 babies were named Philemon, ranking #7679 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 27%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 10 | 7679 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 7 | 9894 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 9 | 8255 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 21 | 4628 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 12 | 6620 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 11 | 7173 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 16 | 5540 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 24 | 4224 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 16 | 5555 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 15 | 5746 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 15 | 5733 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 10 | 7537 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 16 | 5482 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 9 | 8079 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 10 | 7591 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 13 | 6436 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 16 | 5487 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 11 | 7094 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 7 | 9585 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 17 | 4824 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 11 | 6520 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 11 | 6258 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 10 | 6445 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 12 | 5588 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 7 | 7874 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 12 | 5159 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 10 | 5642 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 14 | 4396 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 8 | 6407 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 10 | 5452 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 9 | 5771 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 12 | 4564 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 13 | 4231 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 11 | 4673 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 9 | 5165 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 13 | 3705 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 9 | 4573 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 6 | 5926 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 11 | 3805 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 7 | 4973 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 9 | 4141 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 8 | 4593 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 9 | 4153 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 17 | 2729 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 14 | 2929 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 14 | 2910 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 10 | 3471 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 12 | 3078 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 10 | 3223 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 8 | 3658 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 10 | 3071 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 16 | 2130 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 10 | 2617 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 6 | 3601 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 8 | 3097 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 10 | 2663 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 7 | 3257 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 9 | 2764 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 8 | 2905 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 8 | 2875 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 9 | 2580 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 8 | 2802 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 6 | 3316 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 6 | 3109 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 6 | 3231 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 8 | 2656 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 5 | 3459 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 6 | 3175 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 8 | 2629 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 5 | 3645 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 6 | 3361 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 9 | 2843 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 6 | 3780 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 6 | 3741 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 9 | 2950 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 10 | 2801 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 6 | 3869 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 7 | 3489 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 7 | 3391 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 11 | 2423 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 9 | 2730 |
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