How Many People Are Named Kit?
people named Kit are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 65,275 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,262 babies named Kit in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
403 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of CHRISTOPHER or KATHERINE. A notable bearer was Kit Carson (1809-1868), an American frontiersman and explorer.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kit, 39.8% were girls and 60.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kit rose from 24% in the 1920s to 48.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kit alive today is about 32 years old, and 53% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kit first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 403 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kit has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #786, in 1890 and 1955. In 2025 it ranked #1,103. Among girls, its best rank was #1,127, in 2025.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,103 | #1,127 |
| Best rank | #786 (1890 and 1955) | #1,127 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,238 in the 2020s | #1,472 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kit alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kit were born in California than in any other state: about 499 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kit was given 8.2 times as often in Utah, 3.1 times in California and 2 times in Colorado.
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