Kip

Where Kip comes from

Clipping of Kipling.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kip
Along the way
  1. 1935
    First appearance
    #2,719 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Kip S. Thorne born
    American physicist
  3. 1965
    Peak, #378
    419 babies named Kip — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #595.
  5. 1975
    Kip Pardue born
    American actor and model
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Kipling.
Namesakes
  • Kip S. Thorne · American physicist, born 1940
  • Kip Pardue · American actor and model, born 1975
  • Kip Winger · American rock musician, born 1961
  • Kip Carpenter · American speed skater, born 1979
  • Kip Colvey · American-New Zealand footballer, born 1994

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.