Chip
Boy · CHIP · English
Chip is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Chip mean?
English: American nickname
An American nickname, traditionally for a boy who shares his father's name, as in 'a chip off the old block'.
- Say it
- CHIP
Is Chip a girl's or a boy's name?
Chip is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chip in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Chip, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,657th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 171 boys. It first appears in the records in 1942.
2025 had fewer boys named Chip than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Chip in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chip in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 47 | #2,657 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 47 | #1,378 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,435 |
| 1978 | 76 | #989 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,210 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 41 | #1,335 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,093 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,069 |
| 1971 | 83 | #893 |
| 1970 | 91 | #845 |
| 1969 | 84 | #836 |
| 1968 | 76 | #834 |
| 1967 | 75 | #827 |
| 1966 | 84 | #794 |
| 1965 | 109 | #715 |
| 1964 | 162 | #615 |
| 1963 | 171 | #599 |
| 1962 | 171 | #593 |
| 1961 | 164 | #620 |
| 1960 | 133 | #680 |
| 1959 | 138 | #652 |
| 1958 | 93 | #770 |
| 1957 | 96 | #765 |
| 1956 | 111 | #702 |
| 1955 | 96 | #744 |
| 1954 | 70 | #875 |
| 1953 | 62 | #907 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,054 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,278 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,508 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,632 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
Names like Chip
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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