Chipper
Boy · CHIP-er · English
Chipper is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cheerful, lively”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Chipper mean?
English: English word, originally a nickname
“cheerful, lively”
Baseball's Chipper Jones got his nickname as a 'chip off the old block'.
- Say it
- CHIP-er
Is Chipper a girl's or a boy's name?
Chipper is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chipper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Chipper, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1945.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Chipper than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Chipper in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chipper in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
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