Kipton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KIP-tun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Kipton is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Kipton mean?
Modern: Kip + the -ton ending
A modern name combining Kip with the -ton ending of surnames like Clifton.
Is Kipton a girl's or a boy's name?
Kipton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kipton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,604among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Kipton, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 127 boys. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the boys named Kipton in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were given Kipton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,060, up from #2,604 for this spelling alone.
- Kipton 50
- Kiptyn 6
Kipton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,354 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,139 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,169 |
| 2018 | 80 | #1,871 |
| 2017 | 88 | #1,746 |
| 2016 | 95 | #1,663 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 87 | #1,730 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,732 |
| 2012 | 94 | #1,636 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,331 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,425 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
Nicknames for Kipton
- Kip 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kipton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kashton Kairo Kaizen Kayson Kyson Kyaire Kenzo Kingston Kayden Huxton Tru Koda
Other spellings of Kipton
Names related to Kipton
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kipton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kipton, updated 20 October 2026.