Kipton
Kipton was the 2626th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 1339th with 127 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 791 places. More babies were named Kipton in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,626 boys, down 469 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 50boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2011127 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,351babies recorded
Kipton popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,626 | 50 |
| 2020 | #2,157 | 65 |
| 2010 | #1,435 | 116 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #5,111 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,506 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kipton, counting every spelling?
Kipton is the most common spelling of a name family that had 56 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 56 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipton | 50 | #2,626 | 253 |
| Kiptyn | 6 | #11,407 | 60 |
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 Kipton?
50 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kipton (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kipton 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 167 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kipton.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kipton?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Kipton are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 7 and 15. That makes Kipton a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Kipton by state
How common Kipton was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 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 Kipton: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kipton, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kipton
How popular is the name Kipton?
Kipton was the 2626th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 1339th with 127 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 791 places. More babies were named Kipton in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kipton a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kipton in the US.
Where is Kipton most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kipton was most common in Iowa (0.16 per 1,000 boys), followed by Kansas and Alabama.