# Kit (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kit/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “tomcat” |
| Pronunciation | /kɪt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,262 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,946 / 2,316 (37% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,043, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ukrainian кіт (kit, “tomcat”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 11,710 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,640 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,824 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,163 |
| 2015 | 28 | 4,925 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,589 |
| 2017 | 49 | 3,277 |
| 2018 | 57 | 2,924 |
| 2019 | 76 | 2,366 |
| 2020 | 82 | 2,209 |
| 2021 | 105 | 1,892 |
| 2022 | 166 | 1,384 |
| 2023 | 135 | 1,573 |
| 2024 | 189 | 1,239 |
| 2025 | 208 | 1,127 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,435 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,616 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,846 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,630 |
| 2015 | 40 | 2,944 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,264 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,079 |
| 2018 | 87 | 1,771 |
| 2019 | 101 | 1,629 |
| 2020 | 114 | 1,493 |
| 2021 | 130 | 1,416 |
| 2022 | 137 | 1,371 |
| 2023 | 182 | 1,152 |
| 2024 | 185 | 1,143 |
| 2025 | 195 | 1,103 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 781 |
| 2012 | 68 | 538 |
| 2013 | 70 | 524 |
| 2014 | 83 | 475 |
| 2015 | 128 | 355 |
| 2016 | 161 | 299 |
| 2017 | 211 | 255 |
| 2018 | 274 | 193 |
| 2019 | 291 | 179 |
| 2020 | 270 | 195 |
| 2021 | 332 | 161 |
| 2022 | 341 | 154 |
| 2023 | 318 | 163 |
| 2024 | 328 | 157 |
| 2025 | 413 | 122 |

## People named Kit

- Kit Carson, American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)
- Kit Connor, British actor (born 2004)
- Kit Bond, American politician (1939–2025)
- Kit Malthouse, British politician
- Kit Symons, association football player and manager
- Kit Armstrong, American pianist and composer
- Kit Fine, British professor of philosophy and mathematics (1946-)

## 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.