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    The first name Skip

    A boy’s name from Norse.

    1 syllable Male

    Meaning and origin

    Norse origin

    A male given name from Old Norse.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Skip at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2025, 13 boys born in the United States were named Skip, the 6,747th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1960, when 105 were.

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    2,116
    babies named Skip since 1880
    #6,747
    rank in 2025
    1960
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Skip

    5 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 2000
    • Skip O'Brien
      American actor (1950-2011)

    More Norse boys’ names

    All 32 names of Norse origin

    Questions

    What is the origin of the name Skip?
    Skip comes from Norse.
    Is Skip a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 2,116 US babies named Skip since 1880 were boys.
    When was Skip most popular?
    1960 in the United States, when 105 babies were named Skip, its highest rank at 756th.