Kip
Kip is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 124 births. Its best rank was 379th, in 1965.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1240.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1965419 births
- Best rank
- #379in 1965
- Since 1935
- 8,465people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,465 boys have been named Kip in the United States since 1935, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1965, with 419 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1960s alone account for 31%. It has spent 39 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kip | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 26 | |
| 1940s | 376 | |
| 1950s | 1,441 | |
| 1960s | 2,640 | |
| 1970s | 1,350 | |
| 1980s | 828 | |
| 1990s | 454 | |
| 2000s | 254 | |
| 2010s | 527 | |
| 2020s | 569 |
In 1965, its biggest year
Kip was the 379th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1965 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1965.
Names that rose and fell with Kip
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ritchiepeak 1964
- Kirtpeak 1962
- Kurtpeak 1964
- Kipppeak 1964
- Dirkpeak 1954
- Jefferypeak 1962
- Jeffreypeak 1962
- Kirkpeak 1962
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.