Kipling — #11073 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kipling

The Social Security Administration has registered 389 babies named Kipling between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kipling currently holds the #11073 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kipling performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kipling shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kipling 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 389 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.