first name
KIP
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,755 people named Kip, 86.5% reported their origin as White, 6% as Black and 3.3% as two or more races. 96.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kip peaked in 1965, when 432 babies got the name.
At least 8,722 babies have been given the name since 1935. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Kip by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,051. The largest share of babies named Kip, 34.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Kip is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kip has been most common in Utah (4.4×), Idaho (3.9×), and Michigan (2.4×), and least common in Florida (0.37×).
4,556 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Kip
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kip, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kip ranks #76,478 of 156,621, with 271 people. See Kip as a last name
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