Chip

Where Chip comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Chip.

Chip through the years
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #3,212 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Chip Ganassi born
    American racing team owner
  3. 1962
    Peak, #593
    171 babies named Chip, the most in any year.
  4. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #794.
  5. 1972
    Chip Roy born
    American politician
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Chip Roy · American politician, born 1972
  • Chip Ganassi · American racing team owner, born 1958
  • Chip Pickering · American politician, born 1963
  • Chip Foose · American automobile pioneer, born 1963
  • Chip Robinson · American racecar driver, born 1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.