Chip
Chip was the 4274th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 593rd with 171 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,780 places. More babies were named Chip in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,274 boys, down 1,609 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 24boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1962171 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,493babies recorded
Chip popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,274 | 24 |
| 2020 | #2,665 | 47 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | #4,004 | 14 |
| 1980 | #1,381 | 47 |
| 1970 | #846 | 91 |
| 1960 | #681 | 133 |
| 1950 | #1,223 | 35 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Chip, counting every spelling?
Chip has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Chip?
24 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chip (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Chip born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 347 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chip.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chip?
About 2,800 people born in the US named Chip are alive today, with a median age of 59; half are between 45 and 65. That makes Chip a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Chip by state
How common Chip was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Chip: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chip, they share its era and feel.
Chip is also a nickname for Charles.
Questions about the name Chip
How popular is the name Chip?
Chip was the 4274th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 593rd with 171 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,780 places. More babies were named Chip in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Chip a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Chip in the US.
Where is Chip most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chip was most common in Michigan (0.02 per 1,000 boys).