Kip
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KIP
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,621 for boys
Kip is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,621st for boys in the US (104 babies).
Where does Kip come from?
English: nickname, perhaps from Christopher or Kipling
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kip a girl's or a boy's name?
Kip is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 104 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kip in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Kip, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kip in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Kip in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Kip in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,621st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 104 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 104 boys in the US were named Kip, making it the 1,621st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,788th. Its busiest year was 1965, with 419 boys. It first appears in the records in 1935.
Half of all the boys named Kip in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 170 boys in the US were given Kip or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,085, up from #1,621 for this spelling alone.
- Kip 104
- Kipp 66
Kip in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2024 | 124 | #1,459 |
| 2023 | 135 | #1,380 |
| 2022 | 125 | #1,447 |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 2020 | 84 | #1,788 |
| 2019 | 97 | #1,658 |
| 2018 | 76 | #1,936 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2016 | 74 | #1,959 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 50 | #2,490 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 38 | #2,086 |
| 1992 | 56 | #1,567 |
| 1991 | 68 | #1,362 |
| 1990 | 62 | #1,415 |
| 1989 | 55 | #1,487 |
| 1988 | 70 | #1,212 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,314 |
| 1986 | 54 | #1,333 |
| 1985 | 80 | #1,019 |
| 1984 | 104 | #863 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,095 |
| 1982 | 99 | #899 |
| 1981 | 126 | #775 |
| 1980 | 118 | #808 |
| 1979 | 102 | #858 |
| 1978 | 117 | #778 |
| 1977 | 98 | #859 |
| 1976 | 120 | #756 |
| 1975 | 117 | #765 |
| 1974 | 144 | #677 |
| 1973 | 150 | #648 |
| 1972 | 149 | #656 |
| 1971 | 168 | #635 |
| 1970 | 185 | #595 |
| 1969 | 210 | #542 |
| 1968 | 248 | #479 |
| 1967 | 293 | #439 |
| 1966 | 308 | #433 |
| 1965 | 419 | #378 |
| 1964 | 332 | #441 |
| 1963 | 261 | #497 |
| 1962 | 228 | #528 |
| 1961 | 173 | #602 |
| 1960 | 167 | #605 |
| 1959 | 153 | #622 |
| 1958 | 185 | #567 |
| 1957 | 205 | #541 |
| 1956 | 196 | #535 |
| 1955 | 188 | #538 |
| 1954 | 121 | #658 |
| 1953 | 105 | #695 |
| 1952 | 99 | #702 |
| 1951 | 96 | #706 |
| 1950 | 93 | #710 |
| 1949 | 68 | #823 |
| 1948 | 61 | #871 |
| 1947 | 55 | #955 |
| 1946 | 57 | #869 |
| 1945 | 42 | #986 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,255 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
Names like Kip
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kit, Blake, Sonny, Frankie, Joey, Reggie, Lenny, Robin, Toby, Rory, Dexter, Jude
Other spellings of Kip
Names related to Kip
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kip: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kip, updated 20 October 2026.