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Kipp

#2,173 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kipp has been given to 2,489 babies in the U.S. since 1944. In 2025 it ranked #2,173 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1964, with 84 recorded.

Babies named Kipp, 2025

1 in 50,200

Kipp over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kipp: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kipp means

Kipp is a given name.

The naming story behind Kipp

Wikidata records Kipp as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q97751619, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,484 boys were recorded with the name Kipp between 1944 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 84 in 1964; its best national rank was #828 in 1964.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,584 in 2020 to #2,173 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,632 in 2015 to #2,173 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Kipp between 1961 and 1961. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1961; its best national rank was #7,052 in 1961.

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.

How common is Kipp?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 50,200
66 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 25,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,173
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
34,818 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kipp 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 34,818 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kipp. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kipps were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kipp was born before 1977 — so the typical Kipp is around 48 today.

Median birth year
1977
About 48 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
23.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
22.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,427
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1960s — 23.7% of all recorded uses (589).

Is Kipp 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
−26
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,411
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,459
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.14×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
78.6%
Peak was 1964 (84)
Years since peak
61
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#828
1964

Spellings of Kipp

Kipp is not the most common spelling — Kirk is, with 35.1% against Kipp's 1.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kipp is used

Across 1910–2025, Kipp was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 365,815 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 100,000
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Iowa1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Indiana1 in —
  7. 7Kansas1 in —
  8. 8Missouri1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kipp has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kipp around the world

Where Kipp 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.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2022
    #3,450
    in 2022
  • Canada
    2014–2024
    #1,698
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2002–2003
    #395
    in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Kipp

People whose public names include Kipp, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kipp in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kipp. Linked forms have their own page here.

Kip

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kipp by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,173
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,411
Best rank ever
#828
1964
Peak year
1964
84 that year
First recorded
1944
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,484
Count in 2025
66

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,052
1961
Peak year
1961
5 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
1961
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kipp

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

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Names with a curve like Kipp

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kipp, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Kipp

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

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