Tipton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TIP-ton
- Origin
- English
Tipton is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tipton mean?
English: English surname, from the place name Tipton
An English surname from the place name Tipton, as in the town in the West Midlands.
Is Tipton a girl's or a boy's name?
Tipton is a boys' name.
How popular is Tipton in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Tipton in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tipton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
Names like Tipton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru, Chozen, Kingston, Dutton, Lawson, Brixton, Kaizen, Kairo, Tatum, Kashton, Hudson, Colson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Tipton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tipton, updated 20 October 2026.