# Kip (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kip/  
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 | 8,722 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,568 / 154 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 111, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Kipling.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 6 | 5,449 |
| 1955 | 10 | 3,924 |
| 1956 | 17 | 2,876 |
| 1957 | 13 | 3,397 |
| 1958 | 9 | 4,348 |
| 1959 | 8 | 4,821 |
| 1960 | 8 | 4,962 |
| 1961 | 7 | 5,582 |
| 1962 | 10 | 4,393 |
| 1963 | 9 | 4,701 |
| 1964 | 8 | 5,217 |
| 1965 | 13 | 3,642 |
| 1966 | 5 | 7,071 |
| 1968 | 8 | 5,373 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,596 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 4,591 |
| 2012 | 35 | 3,212 |
| 2013 | 33 | 3,302 |
| 2014 | 50 | 2,499 |
| 2015 | 46 | 2,665 |
| 2016 | 74 | 1,965 |
| 2017 | 74 | 1,946 |
| 2018 | 76 | 1,947 |
| 2019 | 97 | 1,666 |
| 2020 | 84 | 1,794 |
| 2021 | 101 | 1,652 |
| 2022 | 125 | 1,452 |
| 2023 | 135 | 1,382 |
| 2024 | 124 | 1,463 |
| 2025 | 104 | 1,626 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Kip

- Kip S. Thorne, American physicist (born 1940)
- Kip Pardue, American actor and model
- Kip Winger, American rock musician
- Kip Colvey, American-New Zealand footballer (born 1994)
- Kip Carpenter, American speed skater
- Kip Moore, American musician
- Kip Hanrahan, American jazz music impresario, record producer and percussionist
- Kip Kinkel, American mass murderer
- Kip Brennan, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kip Miller, American ice hockey player
- Billy Gunn, American professional wrestler and former professional bull rider

## 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.