Kipton — #3004 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kipton

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,301 babies named Kipton between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kipton currently holds the #3004 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 127 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kipton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 917 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kipton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Kipton in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kipton 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 1,301 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.