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Kipp

Gender
Boy
Say it
KIP
Origin
English
US rank, 2025
#2,167 for boys

Kipp is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,167th for boys in the US (66 babies).

What does Kipp mean?

English: spelling of Kip, an English nickname and surname

Used as a name in its own right and as a nickname, sometimes for Christopher.

Is Kipp a girl's or a boy's name?

Kipp is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kipp in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 7 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kipp in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

2001Busiest: 7 in 20132022
Kipp in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20225#3,639
20215#3,614
20200–
20190–
20184#4,169
20170–
20163#5,015
20150–
20140–
20137#2,792
20120–
20113#4,837
20100–
20094#3,909
20080–
20073#4,486
20065#3,013
20054#3,330
20043#3,792
20036#2,283
20024#2,751
20011#4,138

How popular is Kipp in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,167among boys
Babies in 2025
66about 1 in 26,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 130% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 66 boys in the US were named Kipp, making it the 2,167th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 84 boys. It first appears in the records in 1944.

Half of all the boys named Kipp in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 170 boys in the US were given Kipp or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,085, up from #2,167 for this spelling alone.

1944Busiest: 84 in 19642025
Kipp in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202566#2,167
202469#2,133
202351#2,574
202232#3,531
202130#3,647
202016#5,447
201936#3,198
201829#3,704
201722#4,462
201626#3,989
201521#4,543
201412#6,627
201323#4,178
201213#6,300
201110#7,495
201011#7,081
200914#6,091
20085#12,546
20076#10,915
200612#6,455
200515#5,273
20048#8,137
200310#6,708
200210#6,515
200117#4,470
200013#5,290
199913#5,029
199812#5,153
19979#6,094
199617#3,824
199519#3,426
199423#3,024
199324#2,859
199230#2,407
199126#2,600
199041#1,865
198950#1,585
198834#1,904
198748#1,482
198631#1,915
198536#1,697
198422#2,291
198324#2,139
198242#1,486
198154#1,246
198045#1,410
197935#1,633
197830#1,760
197752#1,221
197651#1,210
197534#1,529
197451#1,151
197341#1,294
197240#1,327
197146#1,214
197053#1,132
196956#1,027
196872#856
196763#910
196669#875
196579#826
196484#823
196341#1,214
196239#1,241
196142#1,221
196044#1,177
195927#1,521
195836#1,276
195734#1,344
195631#1,384
195530#1,395
195416#1,955
195315#2,037
195210#2,512
195120#1,682
19509#2,579
194912#2,224
194810#2,442
194714#2,075
19466#3,171
19456#2,995
19449#2,466

Names like Kipp

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Kai Koa Blake Beau Kit Cole Sonny Kane Kairo Rory Jude Vinnie

Other spellings of Kipp

Kip

More English names

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Every English name

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, “Kipp: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kipp, updated 20 October 2026.