Kipling
Boy · KIP-ling · English
Kipling is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Kipling mean?
English: English surname from a Yorkshire place name
From the surname of Rudyard Kipling, author of The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories.
- Say it
- KIP-ling
Is Kipling a girl's or a boy's name?
Kipling is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kipling in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Kipling, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the boys named Kipling in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kipling in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
Nicknames for Kipling
- Kip 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kipling
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