Kipling

#8,613 in 2025Boys' name

Cyppel's people

Kipling has been given to 398 babies in the U.S. since 1952. In 2025 it ranked #8,613 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Kipling, 2025

1 in 368,000

Kipling over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kipling: meaning, origin, and history

Cyppel's people

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kipling means

Kipling means “Cyppel's people”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kipling is used in English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Kipling is pronounced /ˈkɪp.lɪŋ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 398 boys were recorded with the name Kipling between 1952 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2016; its best national rank was #2,128 in 1965.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,279 in 2020 to #8,613 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,151 in 2015 to #8,613 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kipling?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 190,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,613; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kipling sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kipling. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kiplings were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kipling was born before 1976 — so the typical Kipling is around 49 today.

Median birth year: 1976; About 49 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 24.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 38.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 398; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 24.1% of all recorded uses (96).

Is Kipling rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +3,118; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,334; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,538; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.80×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 56.3%; Peak was 2016 (16)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,128; 1965

Kipling around the world

Where Kipling ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Canada
2012–2024
#3,231
in 2024

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kipling by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,613
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,334
Best rank ever: #2,128; 1965
Peak year: 2016; 16 that year
First recorded: 1952
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 398
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Kipling

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Kipling

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Adelle Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden Shaniya

For a brother

Aaden Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn

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