girls:
154 births since 1947
#5562 (3rd percentile)
boys:
8.3k births since 1935
#1287 (72nd percentile)
overall:
8.5k births since 1935
#2932 (62nd percentile)
The name Kip is the #2,932 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,494 recorded births since 1935. This represents the 62.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,287 (71.9% percentile) for all time with 8,340 births since 1935. For girls, it ranks #5,562 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 154 births since 1947.
Kip first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1935 (1935 for boys and 1947 for girls). Birth data for Kip is available in 87 out of the 89 years between 1935 and 2023 (87 years for boys and 18 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kip has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kip reached its peak popularity in 1965, achieving the 44.9% percentile (ranked #355) with 221 births per million. The name was most common in 1965, with 221 births per million (ranked 44.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kip ranks #781 for boys (14.3% percentile) with 74 births per million, which is 33.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kip reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #735) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1980.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kip".
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