How Many People Are Named Kip?
people named Kip are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 46,482 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,722 babies named Kip in Social Security records from 1935 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
432 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a nickname, probably from the English word kipper meaning "male salmon".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kip, 1.8% were girls and 98.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kip alive today is about 47 years old, and 44% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kip first appears in the records in 1935 and was given most often in 1965, to 432 babies. In 2025, 104 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1935 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kip has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #379, in 1965. In 2025 it ranked #1,626.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,626 |
| Best rank | #379 (1965) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #480 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kip alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kip were born in California than in any other state: about 466 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kip was given 5 times as often in Utah, 4.2 times in Idaho and 2.4 times in Nebraska.
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