Kip Boy
How popular is Kip?
#1,621 boy name in 2025
104 baby boys were named Kip in the US in 2025, making it the 1621st most popular boy name.
Kip popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,621 for boys (▼ 162 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 104 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+126% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,640 in 2015, #1,788 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1965 (419 boys) |
| Highest rank | #378 in 1965 |
| First recorded | 1935 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kip counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kip family of names ranked #1,076 for boys in 2025 (#1,013 the year before), with 170 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kip | 104 | 61% |
| Kipp | 66 | 39% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kip is most popular
Babies named Kip per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 0.4 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.3 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Iowa: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
Kip by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 26 | #2,050 |
| 1940s | 376 | #823 |
| 1950s | 1,441 | #535 |
| 1960s | 2,639 | #378 |
| 1970s | 1,350 | #595 |
| 1980s | 828 | #775 |
| 1990s | 454 | #1,362 |
| 2000s | 254 | #3,018 |
| 2010s | 527 | #1,658 |
| 2020s | 673 | #1,380 |
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Questions
- Is Kip a boy or girl name?
- Kip is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kip were boys.
- How popular is the name Kip?
- 104 baby boys were named Kip in the US in 2025, making it the 1621st most popular boy name.
- When was Kip most popular?
- Kip peaked in 1965, when 419 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #378 in 1965.
- How many people are named Kip?
- 8,722 babies have been named Kip in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,427 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 55.
- Where is Kip most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kip was most common in North Dakota, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.