Kip — #1457 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kip

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,465 babies named Kip between 1935 and 2024, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kip currently holds the #1457 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 419 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kip performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 2,640 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Kip shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 598 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kip in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kip 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 8,465 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.