Skip
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SKIP
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Skip is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Skip come from?
English: English nickname, perhaps from skipper
Is Skip a girl's or a boy's name?
Skip is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Skip in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Skip, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 105 boys. It first appears in the records in 1930.
Half of all the boys named Skip in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
Skip in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,366 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,094 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,035 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,026 |
| 1962 | 67 | #925 |
| 1961 | 68 | #927 |
| 1960 | 105 | #751 |
| 1959 | 83 | #833 |
| 1958 | 93 | #770 |
| 1957 | 66 | #927 |
| 1956 | 67 | #909 |
| 1955 | 71 | #873 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,028 |
| 1953 | 63 | #902 |
| 1952 | 56 | #952 |
| 1951 | 72 | #829 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1949 | 51 | #966 |
| 1948 | 46 | #1,036 |
| 1947 | 58 | #915 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
Names like Skip
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kip Jay Scott Wade Scottie Steven Scotty Philip Chris Mark Wayne Rocky
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Skip: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/skip, updated 20 October 2026.