Filip is a distinctive choice, ranked #342 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Filip in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#342
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About the Name Filip
Filip has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 131 places in five years. It was most popular in 2013 at #135 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Filip is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Filip in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Filip
Filip Cristian Jianu — Filip Cristian Jianu is a Romanian professional tennis player.
Filip Derkoski — Filip Derkoski is a Macedonian swimmer.
Filip Osman — Filip Osman is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for FK Železničar Inđija.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Filip
Unlikely. With around 124 UK babies named Filip per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Filip in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Filip is declining: down 150 places since 2020, to #342 in 2025. It peaked at #135 in 2013.
Filip is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Filip include: Filip Cristian Jianu, Filip Derkoski and Filip Osman. Short summaries for each appear below.
Filip does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Filips in the wild.
124
UK babies named Filip (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 150 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Filip
Almost certainly the only Filip in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Filip
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story