# Skip (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/skip/  
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 | Norse |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,116 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,116 / 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 8,858 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13,073 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,967 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,929 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,905 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,707 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,964 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,540 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,643 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,968 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8,077 |
| 2022 | 15 | 6,107 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,622 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,778 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,747 |

## People named Skip

- Skip James, American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter (1902–1969)
- Skip Homeier, American actor (1930-2017)
- Skip Battin, American musician (1934-2003)
- Skip Lievsay, American sound editor and sound designer
- Skip O'Brien, American actor (1950-2011)

## 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.