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Baby name
Philippe
Boy
Origin of the name
Philippe is the French form of Philip, from the ancient Greek Philippos, “lover of horses.”
Classic name
3,043births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 1177rank at its peak, in 1979
Where babies named Philippe are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Philippe is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Philippe is most common in New York (6 times) and California (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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