boy's name

Filippo

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,407

Filippo is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Filippo is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 2024, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1915.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Filippo over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Filippo by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 11
1950s 5
1960s 40
1970s 132
1980s 92
1990s 93
2000s 128
2010s 118
2020s (to 2025) 90

How popular is Filippo?

In 2025, Filippo was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Filippo is used

England & Wales #1,977 13 in 2025
Canada #2,096 7 in 2006
France #6,312 5 in 2025
United States #7,078 12 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.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Filippo

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

Parents who like Filippo also like

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

Filippo in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Ancient Greek
Filippos
Galician
Filipe
German
Philipp
Portuguese
Filipe
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Phillip

Sibling names for Filippo

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

Common questions about Filippo

How popular is the name Filippo?

In 2025, Filippo was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Filippo is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Filippo?

Filippo has 3 syllables.

When was Filippo most popular?

Filippo peaked in 2024, when 22 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Filippo a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Filippo currently ranks #1,977 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.