Kippy
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kippy has been given to 268 babies in the U.S. since 1949. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1955, with 18 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% boys, 38% girls all-time.
Babies named Kippy, 1974
1 in 507,000
Kippy over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Kippy over time
In 1977, Kippy went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Kippy?
Kippy had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1974, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1974
- 1 in 507,000
- 6 of 3,039,803 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 262,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1974
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 351,173 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kippy sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1974 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 351,173 children born in 1974 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kippy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kippys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kippy was born before 1960 — so the typical Kippy is around 65 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1960s
- 45.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 97.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 161
- People you could plausibly meet
1960s — 45.8% of all recorded uses (76).
Is Kippy 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1955 (18)
- Years since peak
- 70
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 52.4% average annual change
Spellings of Kippy
Kippy is not the most common spelling — Kirby is, with 51.6% against Kippy's 0.59%.
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 Kippy is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Kippy was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,210,576 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 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. Kippy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Kippy is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Kippy was most concentrated in Washington — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 508,601 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Washington1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Kippy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kippy by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Kippy
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kippy
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.