Kit Boy & girl
How popular is Kit?
#1,097 boy name in 2025
195 baby boys were named Kit in the US in 2025, making it the 1097th most popular boy name. Another 208 girls got the name (#1,125 for girls).
Kit popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,097 for boys (▲ 43 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 195 boys, 208 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+388% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,918 in 2015, #1,489 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (195 boys) |
| Highest rank | #739 in 1890 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 53% boys, 47% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kit counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kit family of names ranked #944 for boys in 2025, with 218 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kit | 195 | 89% |
| Kitt | 23 | 11% |
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 Kit is most popular
Babies named Kit per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.4 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Maine: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 boys)
Kit by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #909 |
| 1890s | 13 | #739 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1910s | 43 | #2,422 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,058 |
| 1930s | 62 | #1,958 |
| 1940s | 416 | #841 |
| 1950s | 726 | #785 |
| 1960s | 370 | #1,147 |
| 1970s | 318 | #1,214 |
| 1980s | 260 | #1,660 |
| 1990s | 158 | #3,099 |
| 2000s | 117 | #3,716 |
| 2010s | 426 | #1,624 |
| 2020s | 943 | #1,097 |
Boy names about as popular as Kit
Questions
- Is Kit a boy or girl name?
- Kit is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 53% of babies named Kit were boys and 47% were girls.
- How popular is the name Kit?
- 195 baby boys were named Kit in the US in 2025, making it the 1097th most popular boy name. Another 208 girls got the name (#1,125 for girls).
- When was Kit most popular?
- Kit peaked in 2025, when 195 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #739 in 1890.
- How many people are named Kit?
- 6,262 babies have been named Kit in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,279 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Kit most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kit was most common in Utah, 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.