Kip
Kip was the 1626th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 104 babies. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 379th with 419 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,039 places. More babies were named Kip in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,626 boys, up 168 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 104boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1965419 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,722babies recorded
Kip popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 154 since 1947.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,626 | 104 |
| 2020 | #1,794 | 84 |
| 2010 | #4,613 | 21 |
| 2000 | #3,188 | 27 |
| 1990 | #1,426 | 62 |
| 1980 | #811 | 118 |
| 1970 | #595 | 185 |
| 1960 | #606 | 167 |
| 1950 | #712 | 93 |
| 1940 | #1,851 | 15 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kip, counting every spelling?
Kip is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,136 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,626 for Kip on its own. Together these spellings went to 170 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kip | 104 | #1,626 | 589 |
| Kipp | 66 | #2,173 | 248 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kip?
104 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kip (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kip 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 81 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kip.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kip?
About 7,200 people born in the US named Kip are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 35 and 63. That makes Kip mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Kip by state
How common Kip was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Minnesota (3.9×), Wisconsin (3.0×), Indiana (2.1×), Ohio (1.9×). In 33 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 Kip: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kip, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kip
How popular is the name Kip?
Kip was the 1626th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 104 babies. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 379th with 419 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,039 places. More babies were named Kip in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Kip a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kip in the US.
Where is Kip most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kip was most common in North Dakota (0.35 per 1,000 boys), followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin.