Filippo is a distinctive choice, ranked #1897 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Filippo in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1897
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About the Name Filippo
Filippo has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 404 places in five years. It was most popular in 2021 at #1290 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Filippo is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Filippo in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Filippo
Filippo Sorcinelli โ Filippo Sorcinelli is an Italian designer, artist, perfumer, and organist.
Filippo Fabbri โ Filippo Fabbri is a Sammarinese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Italian Serie D club Tropical Coriano and the San Marino national team.
Filippo Inzaghi โ Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi is an Italian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker.
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 Filippo
Unlikely. With around 13 UK babies named Filippo per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Filippo in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Filippo is declining: down 349 places since 2020, to #1,897 in 2025. It peaked at #1,290 in 2021.
Filippo 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 Filippo include: Filippo Sorcinelli, Filippo Fabbri and Filippo Inzaghi. Short summaries for each appear below.
Filippo does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Filippos in the wild.
13
UK babies named Filippo (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 349 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Filippo
Almost certainly the only Filippo 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 Filippo
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Filippo Fabbri is a Sammarinese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Italian Serie D club Tropical Coriano and the San Marino national team.
Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi, commonly known as Filippo Brunelleschi ( BROO-nษ-LESK-ee; Italian: [fiหlippo brunelหleski]) and also nicknamed Pippo by Leon Battista Alberti, was an Italian architect, designer, goldsmith, and sculptor.
Eduardo De Filippo OMRI, also known mononymously as Eduardo, was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works Filumena Marturano and Napoli milionaria.