Chip — #3282 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Chip

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,469 babies named Chip between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chip currently holds the #3282 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 171 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chip performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Chip shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 192 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Chip in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chip in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,469 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.