Recorded 1935–2025 · United States
Kip was most popular in 1965, when 432 American babies were given the name — ranking #818 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,441, with 104 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 8,722 people named Kip.
Kip first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1935, which makes it about 90 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 89 of the 91 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 8,722 American births named Kip between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 7,408 are estimated to be alive today.
104 American babies were named Kip in 2025, ranking #3,441 that year.
Kip is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 118 births a year, against 37 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +218% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kip is a boy’s name — 1.8% of the 8,722 Americans given it were girls and 98.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 7,408 Americans named Kip are alive today — 85% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 55 years old, and half are between 36 and 63.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org