Kipper

Peak · boys
1962 · 8 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
102
since 1955

Kipper over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kipper has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,041, 1962boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#9,7147
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1978#5,7725
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1963#3,6466
1962#3,0418
1961#4,0655
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five boys were named Kipper! It came in at #3,886, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1955–1958, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kipper is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Kipper in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kipper
Momentum · boys
Brand new
    Rise & fade · boys
    7 yrs to peak
    • Debuted 1955
    • Peaked 1962 at #3,041 (8 births)
    • Births halved by 1965, 3 yrs later
    Top of the charts · boys
    Never in the top 1,000
    • Top 10: never
    • Top 100: never
    • Top 1,000: never
    Share of babies · boys
    1 in 156,901
    • Highest: 1 in 156,901 boys born in 1976 were named Kipper (0.00%)
    • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
    • Its best rank, #3,041 in 1962, was only 1 in 258,597 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
    Era · boys
    The 1960s
    • 37.3% of all boys named Kipper (38) were born in this decade
    Show by decade
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1950s12#3,290 (1959)#3,588
    1960s38#3,041 (1962)#3,628
    1970s33#3,471 (1976)#4,600
    1980s0——
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    2000s0——
    2010s12#10,717 (2014)#10,723
    2020s7#9,714 (2025)#9,714

    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.

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