Kipp
Kipp was the 2173rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 828th with 84 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,461 places. More babies were named Kipp in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,173 boys, up 3,415 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 66boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 196484 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,489babies recorded
Kipp popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1961.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,173 | 66 |
| 2020 | #5,588 | 16 |
| 2010 | #7,361 | 11 |
| 2000 | #5,462 | 13 |
| 1990 | #1,888 | 41 |
| 1980 | #1,421 | 45 |
| 1970 | #1,137 | 53 |
| 1960 | #1,185 | 44 |
| 1950 | #2,677 | 9 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kipp, counting every spelling?
Kipp is a spelling of Kip, a name family that ranked #1,136 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,173 for Kipp 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 Kipp?
66 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kipp (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kipp 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 127 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kipp.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kipp?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Kipp are alive today, with a median age of 45; half are between 25 and 59. That makes Kipp 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.
Kipp by state
How common Kipp was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 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 Kipp: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kipp, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kipp
How popular is the name Kipp?
Kipp was the 2173rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 828th with 84 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,461 places. More babies were named Kipp in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Kipp a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kipp in the US.
Where is Kipp most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kipp was most common in Kansas (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by Indiana and Missouri.