boy's name

Filipe

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,256

Filipe is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 1977, when 195 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1964.

Filipe over time

Births per decade in France, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,365
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Filipe by decade in France
Decade Births
1960s 80
1970s 1,365
1980s 570
1990s 240
2000s 165
2010s 90
2020s (to 2025) 30

How popular is Filipe?

In 2025, Filipe was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Filipe is used

Canada #2,368 7 in 2016
France #6,350 5 in 2025
England & Wales #6,362 3 in 2024
United States #11,705 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Filipe

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Filipe also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Filipe over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Filipe

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Filipe — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Filipe

How popular is the name Filipe?

In 2025, Filipe was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Is Filipe a girl's or a boy's name?

Filipe is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Filipe most popular?

Filipe peaked in 1977, when 195 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Filipe a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Filipe currently ranks #6,350 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.