Kippy — boys' name
166 babies named Kippy in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Kippy was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Kippy in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kippy
The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Kippy between 1949 and 1974, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kippy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Kippy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 102 additional births since 1955.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kippy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kippy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kippy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kippy 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 166 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.
Kippy at a glance
Last recorded 1974Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kippy popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1949
- Peak year (1955)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1974.
166 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 18 births in a single year.
Kippy popularity over time — girls
102 total births recorded since 1955 (Kippy as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Kippy accounts for 38% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kippy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 76 births that decade — 46% of Kippy's all-time total
Kippy decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Kippy's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Kippy by state
Where Kippy concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 3.6% |
6 of 166 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1949–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.