Filippa
Feminine
Filippa entered the US charts in 1914, peaked at #3340 in 1920, ranks #13208 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Filippa?
Filippa first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Filippa is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. Fewer than a hundred people named Filippa are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Filippa most popular?
Filippa peaked in 1920, reaching #3340 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 9,868 places below that high. See the whole 1920 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1914
- Most girls named
- 202010 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3340reached in 1920
- Change vs 2023
- −33.3%6 in 2025, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Filippas among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Filippa are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Filippa
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Filippa
- #13208
- Filippa on the 2025 chart
- #888
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Filippa went to 6 girls in 2025, but Philippa and Phillipa are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 72, which makes it the 888th most-given girls’ name of the year — 12,320 places above the chart.
- Philippa61
- Filippa6
- Phillipa5
About 1 girl in 22,323 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 267,878 for Filippa itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Filippa sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Filippa beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Filippa in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
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Frequently asked
- How many Filippas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Filippa are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How do you spell Filippa?
- Filippa is one of 3 recorded spellings. Philippa is the more common one — 61 births in 2025 against 6 for Filippa.
- How popular is the name Filippa in 2025?
- Filippa ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Filippa?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Filippa — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Filippa with classmates?
- Filippa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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