Kip
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #8,178 · #1,621 for boys in 2025, 104 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 419 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,568since 1935
Kip over time
Rank among boys' names. Kip has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,621 | 104 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,459 | 124 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,380 | 135 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,447 | 125 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,645 | 101 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,788 | 84 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,658 | 97 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,937 | 76 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,935 | 74 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,959 | 74 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,641 | 46 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,492 | 50 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,265 | 33 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,179 | 35 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,517 | 21 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,429 | 22 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,451 | 30 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,710 | 25 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,119 | 30 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,022 | 30 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,410 | 25 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,150 | 27 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,665 | 32 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,349 | 37 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,502 | 32 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,073 | 41 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,914 | 44 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,894 | 44 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,091 | 38 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,572 | 56 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,368 | 68 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,420 | 62 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,492 | 55 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,215 | 70 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,316 | 56 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,334 | 54 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,020 | 80 | |
| 1984 | — | #863 | 104 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,095 | 66 | |
| 1982 | — | #899 | 99 | |
| 1981 | — | #775 | 126 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #808 | 118 |
| 1979 | — | #858 | 102 | |
| 1978 | — | #778 | 117 | |
| 1977 | — | #859 | 98 | |
| 1976 | — | #756 | 120 | |
| 1975 | — | #765 | 117 | |
| 1974 | — | #677 | 144 | |
| 1973 | — | #648 | 150 | |
| 1972 | — | #656 | 149 | |
| 1971 | — | #635 | 168 | |
| 1970 | — | #595 | 185 | |
| 1969 | — | #542 | 210 | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #479 | 248 |
| 1967 | — | #439 | 293 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #433 | 308 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | #378 | 419 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #441 | 332 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #497 | 261 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #528 | 228 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #602 | 173 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #606 | 167 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #623 | 153 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #568 | 185 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #542 | 205 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 | #536 | 196 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #539 | 188 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #659 | 121 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #696 | 105 |
| 1952 | — | #703 | 99 | |
| 1951 | — | #707 | 96 | |
| 1950 | — | #711 | 93 | |
| 1949 | — | #824 | 68 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #872 | 61 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #956 | 55 |
| 1946 | — | #869 | 57 | |
| 1945 | — | #986 | 42 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,399 | 25 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,867 | 15 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,333 | 10 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,802 | 15 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kip! It came in at #2,719, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1937, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kip is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#272 · 1 in 2,414
- Wisconsin#430 · 1 in 7,051
- Washington#484 · 1 in 6,221
- Pennsylvania#545 · 1 in 10,945
- Michigan#552 · 1 in 9,619
Best ever in a state: #120 in Idaho, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #272 | 8 | 1 in 2,414 |
| Wisconsin | #430 | 5 | 1 in 7,051 |
| Washington | #484 | 5 | 1 in 6,221 |
| Pennsylvania | #545 | 7 | 1 in 10,945 |
| Michigan | #552 | 7 | 1 in 9,619 |
| Georgia | #606 | 5 | 1 in 8,237 |
| Illinois | #891 | 5 | 1 in 17,281 |
| New York | #986 | 6 | 1 in 18,756 |
| California | #1,216 | 7 | 1 in 27,467 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kip
- 162 spots since 2024 (#1,459 → #1,621)
- 167 spots since 2020 (#1,788 → #1,621)
- 1,020 spots since 2015 (#2,641 → #1,621)
- Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1945 (#1,255 → #986)
- Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1983 (#899 → #1,095)
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1965 at #378 (419 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1945–1982
- Highest: 1 in 4,439 boys born in 1965 were named Kip (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,424 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 30.8% of all boys named Kip (2,639) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 26 | #2,050 (1939) | #2,648 |
| 1940s | 376 | #824 (1949) | #1,316 |
| 1950s | 1,441 | #536 (1956) | #628 |
| 1960s | 2,639 | #378 (1965) | #495 |
| 1970s | 1,350 | #595 (1970) | #723 |
| 1980s | 828 | #775 (1981) | #1,082 |
| 1990s | 454 | #1,368 (1991) | #1,985 |
| 2000s | 254 | #3,022 (2002) | #3,728 |
| 2010s | 527 | #1,658 (2019) | #2,809 |
| 2020s | 673 | #1,380 (2023) | #1,557 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kip in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 237,187 of them was named Kip, which outranked 32.8% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 15,118 of them was named Kip, which outranked 88.9% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).