Kip

“Variant of Kipling”

Boy's name · #1626 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Kip holds its lane: charted since 1935 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1626 in 2025). About 8,600 boys have carried it along the way. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the West in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the Midwest today. Together with its spelling variant Kipp (#2173), Kip would rank around #1193 with about 170 births last year — the newborns split about 61/39 between Kip and Kipp.

Around the world: about 1 in 7,200 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kips

Kip S. Thorne — American physicist (born 1940)
Kip Keino — Kenyan athlete
Kip Pardue — American actor and model
Kip Winger — American rock musician
Kip Colvey — New Zealand footballer (born 1994)

In stories & tradition

Kip — television character

What Kips become

Among 95 notable people named Kip:

Sports figures appear 2.12× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kip Keino, Kenyan athlete.

Similar names: Kipp · Richie · Kit · Chet · Coy · Kirk

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