Kit
#1,125 for girls in 2025, 208 births · #1,097 for boys in 2025, 195 births
Given to boys 63.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,946since 1880
Kit over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,125 | 208 | #1,097 | 195 |
| 2024 | #1,237 | 189 | #1,140 | 185 |
| 2023 | #1,569 | 135 | #1,149 | 182 |
| 2022 | #1,381 | 166 | #1,366 | 137 |
| 2021 | #1,885 | 105 | #1,407 | 130 |
| 2020 | #2,196 | 82 | #1,489 | 114 |
| 2019 | #2,355 | 76 | #1,624 | 101 |
| 2018 | #2,905 | 57 | #1,762 | 87 |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | #2,065 | 67 |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | #2,255 | 59 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #2,919 | 40 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #3,721 | 22 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | — | #4,873 | 13 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | — | #3,678 | 18 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #1,974 | 31 |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,171 | 25 | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #1,864 | 29 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #1,700 | 34 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,661 | 35 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #2,003 | 27 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #1,943 | 27 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #1,873 | 26 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,704 | 29 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #1,307 | 41 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #1,214 | 46 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #1,326 | 36 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #1,215 | 38 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #1,428 | 29 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | #1,163 | 42 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 | #1,288 | 37 |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 | #1,195 | 42 |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | #1,454 | 29 |
| 1961 | #2,004 | 34 | #1,148 | 47 |
| 1960 | #1,835 | 38 | #1,252 | 39 |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | #1,004 | 59 |
| 1958 | #1,606 | 44 | #915 | 68 |
| 1957 | #1,366 | 60 | #853 | 77 |
| 1956 | #1,506 | 50 | #840 | 79 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 | #786 | 86 |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | #842 | 74 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | #833 | 74 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | #814 | 74 |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 | #847 | 68 |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 | #830 | 67 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | #1,085 | 42 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #972 | 51 |
| 1947 | #1,697 | 32 | #984 | 52 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | #878 | 56 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 | #1,249 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 | #841 | 56 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #1,006 | 44 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #1,091 | 36 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,423 | 11 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Kit was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kit is popular in 1890
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Kit
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 43 spots since 2024 (#1,140 → #1,097)
- 392 spots since 2020 (#1,489 → #1,097)
- 1,822 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #1,097)
- Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1946 (#1,249 → #878)
- Biggest drop: 408 spots in 1945 (#841 → #1,249)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #739 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1950–1958
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,759
- Highest: 1 in 8,759 boys born in 2025 were named Kit (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #739 in 1890, was only 1 in 13,878 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 23.9% of all boys named Kit (943) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #909 (1880) | #942 |
| 1890s | 13 | #739 (1890) | #903 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 43 | #2,423 (1917) | #3,207 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,059 (1921) | #3,148 |
| 1930s | 62 | #1,958 (1939) | #2,947 |
| 1940s | 416 | #841 (1944) | #1,087 |
| 1950s | 726 | #786 (1955) | #856 |
| 1960s | 370 | #1,148 (1961) | #1,286 |
| 1970s | 318 | #1,214 (1971) | #1,644 |
| 1980s | 260 | #1,661 (1981) | #2,389 |
| 1990s | 158 | #3,105 (1991) | #4,134 |
| 2000s | 117 | #3,721 (2001) | #6,842 |
| 2010s | 426 | #1,624 (2019) | #4,110 |
| 2020s | 943 | #1,097 (2025) | #1,275 |
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.
Kit in 1890
boys
#739
8 births · 1 in 13,878 boys
Top boys' names in 1890
More about 1890
boys
111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 13,878 of them was named Kit, which outranked 36.3% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).