How rare is the name Kit?

5,404 people in the United States have the first name Kit, about 1 in 55,890. It ranks #3,735 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KIT

#3,735

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,404
About
1 in 55,890
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,404 people named Kit, 60.1% reported their origin as White, 30.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.2% as two or more races. 53.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kit peaked in 2025, when 403 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
403
In 2025*
403
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 6,262 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Kit by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,574. The largest share of babies named Kit, 39.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,74510
1890s#3,21413
1900s#4,9315
1910s#6,25843
1920s#5,199104
1930s#5,45176
1940s#1,832615
1950s#1,5741,127
1960s#2,356599
1970s#3,297422
1980s#4,572326
1990s#8,467187
2000s#11,264172
2010s#4,336735
2020s#1,6761,828
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.1%
Silent Generation 1928–456.5%
Baby boom 1946–6428.6%
Generation X 1965–8011.2%
Millennials 1981–966.8%
Generation Z 1997–124.7%
2013 and later39.7%

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 Kit is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kit has been most common in Utah (10×), California (3.4×), and Colorado (2.4×), and least common in New York (0.34×).

1,814 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 Kit

#3,732 Romina · 5,421#3,734 Philippe · 5,418#3,736 Tenzin · 5,399#3,737 Treva · 5,385

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kit, most common first.

#5,869 Kiet · 2,822#18,507 Kita · 582#18,671 Kitt · 575#33,047 Kito · 252#49,963 Kith · 122

Also a last name

As a last name, Kit ranks #57,805 of 156,621, with 380 people. See Kit as a last name

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