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Phineas

Hebrew roots

Language contexts for this entry: English, German, Danish

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masculineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Hebrew
3 language contexts: English German Danish
Follow the evidence: 7 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Phineas

Phineas is a masculine given name documented in English, German and Danish. English Wiktionary traces it to Hebrew (פִינְחָס) via Ancient Greek.

Hebrew origin

Source-reported

From Ancient Greek Φινέας (Phinéas), alternative form of Φινεύς (Phineús). See Phineus. Alternative source from Hebrew (פִינְחָס). See Phinehas.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Phineas is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Phineas’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 105 boys (rank 1609). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Phineas

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 105; applications; Rank #1,609
Peak year: 2016; 142 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Phineas in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	5	909	observed
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	5	963	observed
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	5	1,057	observed
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	5	3,825	observed
1916	9	2,730	observed
1917	10	2,562	observed
1918	9	2,882	observed
1919	5	4,168	observed
1920	6	3,815	observed
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	7	3,532	observed
1923	7	3,467	observed
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	5	4,197	observed
1926	8	3,139	observed
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	8	3,022	observed
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	5	3,776	observed
1933	6	3,268	observed
1934	5	3,679	observed
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	5	3,534	observed
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	5	3,459	observed
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	5	3,733	observed
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	5	3,690	observed
1950	5	3,681	observed
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	6	3,425	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	5	3,886	observed
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	7	3,275	observed
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	5	4,065	observed
1962	6	3,640	observed
1963	7	3,318	observed
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	8	2,985	observed
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	5	4,907	observed
1972	6	4,441	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	7	4,190	observed
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	8	4,012	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	5	6,250	observed
1981	5	6,262	observed
1982	5	6,385	observed
1983	11	3,630	observed
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	8	4,698	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	5	7,270	observed
1989	8	5,615	observed
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	5	8,236	observed
1992	8	6,128	observed
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	6	7,770	observed
1995	7	6,992	observed
1996	8	6,496	observed
1997	11	5,288	observed
1998	17	4,019	observed
1999	14	4,762	observed
2000	27	3,150	observed
2001	28	3,143	observed
2002	28	3,188	observed
2003	39	2,579	observed
2004	40	2,643	observed
2005	43	2,567	observed
2006	67	1,994	observed
2007	88	1,713	observed
2008	117	1,428	observed
2009	130	1,331	observed
2010	141	1,245	observed
2011	120	1,385	observed
2012	105	1,523	observed
2013	98	1,578	observed
2014	106	1,514	observed
2015	95	1,657	observed
2016	142	1,279	observed
2017	129	1,373	observed
2018	136	1,328	observed
2019	118	1,468	observed
2020	121	1,423	observed
2021	131	1,397	observed
2022	108	1,611	observed
2023	99	1,701	observed
2024	114	1,540	observed
2025	105	1,609	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Phineas” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Phineas Gage
1823–1860
19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma
Wikipedia Wikidata source
P. T. Barnum
1810–1891
American showman and politician (1810–1891)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Phineas with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q3090424CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: FinneasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Phineas

Phineas is a masculine given name documented in English, German and Danish. English Wiktionary traces it to Hebrew (פִינְחָס) via Ancient Greek.

Hebrew origin

Source-reported

From Ancient Greek Φινέας (Phinéas), alternative form of Φινεύς (Phineús). See Phineus. Alternative source from Hebrew (פִינְחָס). See Phinehas.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Phineas is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Phineas’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 105 boys (rank 1609). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Phineas

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 105; applications; Rank #1,609
Peak year: 2016; 142 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Phineas in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	5	909	observed
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	5	963	observed
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	5	1,057	observed
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	5	3,825	observed
1916	9	2,730	observed
1917	10	2,562	observed
1918	9	2,882	observed
1919	5	4,168	observed
1920	6	3,815	observed
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	7	3,532	observed
1923	7	3,467	observed
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	5	4,197	observed
1926	8	3,139	observed
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	8	3,022	observed
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	5	3,776	observed
1933	6	3,268	observed
1934	5	3,679	observed
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	5	3,534	observed
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	5	3,459	observed
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	5	3,733	observed
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	5	3,690	observed
1950	5	3,681	observed
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	6	3,425	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	5	3,886	observed
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	7	3,275	observed
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	5	4,065	observed
1962	6	3,640	observed
1963	7	3,318	observed
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	8	2,985	observed
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	5	4,907	observed
1972	6	4,441	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	7	4,190	observed
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	8	4,012	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	5	6,250	observed
1981	5	6,262	observed
1982	5	6,385	observed
1983	11	3,630	observed
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	8	4,698	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	5	7,270	observed
1989	8	5,615	observed
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	5	8,236	observed
1992	8	6,128	observed
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	6	7,770	observed
1995	7	6,992	observed
1996	8	6,496	observed
1997	11	5,288	observed
1998	17	4,019	observed
1999	14	4,762	observed
2000	27	3,150	observed
2001	28	3,143	observed
2002	28	3,188	observed
2003	39	2,579	observed
2004	40	2,643	observed
2005	43	2,567	observed
2006	67	1,994	observed
2007	88	1,713	observed
2008	117	1,428	observed
2009	130	1,331	observed
2010	141	1,245	observed
2011	120	1,385	observed
2012	105	1,523	observed
2013	98	1,578	observed
2014	106	1,514	observed
2015	95	1,657	observed
2016	142	1,279	observed
2017	129	1,373	observed
2018	136	1,328	observed
2019	118	1,468	observed
2020	121	1,423	observed
2021	131	1,397	observed
2022	108	1,611	observed
2023	99	1,701	observed
2024	114	1,540	observed
2025	105	1,609	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Phineas Gage
1823–1860
19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma
Wikipedia Wikidata source
P. T. Barnum
1810–1891
American showman and politician (1810–1891)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q3090424CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: PhineasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: FinneasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Phineas

About Phineas

Hebrew origin

Where Phineas is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Phineas Gage

P. T. Barnum

Finneas

Phinehas

פנחס

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Phineas

About Phineas

Hebrew origin

Where Phineas is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Phineas Gage

P. T. Barnum

Finneas

Phinehas

פנחס

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Phineas

Hebrew origin

Where Phineas is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Phineas Gage

P. T. Barnum

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Finneas

Phinehas

פנחס

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Phineas

Hebrew origin

Where Phineas is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Phineas Gage

P. T. Barnum

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Finneas

Phinehas

פנחס

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page