# Chip (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chip/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,493 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,493 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 11,245 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,075 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,837 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,920 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,054 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,602 |
| 2017 | 35 | 3,256 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,549 |
| 2019 | 47 | 2,701 |
| 2020 | 47 | 2,665 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,082 |
| 2022 | 43 | 2,928 |
| 2023 | 32 | 3,579 |
| 2024 | 36 | 3,282 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,274 |

## People named Chip

- Chip Roy, American politician (born 1972)
- Chip Ganassi, American racing team owner
- Chip Pickering, American politician
- Chip Zien, American actor
- Chip Foose, American automobile pioneer
- Chip Robinson, American racecar driver
- Chip Kelly, American football coach
- Chip Kidd, American graphic designer (born 1964)
- Chip Hooper, American tennis player
- Chip Cravaack, American politician, U.S. congressman from Minnesota
- Chip Fields, American singer and actress (born 1951)
- Chip Johannessen, American television producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.