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Kit

#1,103 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Carrier of Christ, through Christopher

Kit has been given to 6,262 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,103 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 195 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.

Babies named Kit, 2025

1 in 17,000

Kit over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kit over time

In 2025, Kit went to 52% girls and 48% boys.

18802025

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.

Kit: meaning, origin, and history

Carrier of Christ, through Christopher

Cantonese

What Kit means

Kit belongs to the name family reached through Kit → Christopher. Its meaning is “carrier of Christ”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kit is used in English. Its origins include Cantonese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Christopher and Katherine.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Kit is pronounced /kɪt/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,946 boys were recorded with the name Kit between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 195 in 2025; its best national rank was #786 in 1890.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,493 in 2020 to #1,103 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,943 in 2015 to #1,103 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,316 girls were recorded with the name Kit between 1925 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 208 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,127 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,209 in 2020 to #1,127 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,923 in 2015 to #1,127 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 Kit?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 17,000
195 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 8,760
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,103
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
11,785 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kit 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 11,785 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kit. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kits were born

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

Median birth year
1977
About 48 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
23.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
37.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,318
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 23.9% of all recorded uses (943).

Is Kit 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
+40
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+390
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,840
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
4.88×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (195)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#786
1890

Where Kit is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kit was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 3,333 boys, against 1 in 18,424 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

130 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 3,333
  2. 2Maine1 in 8,333
  3. 3Colorado1 in 10,000
  4. 4Washington1 in 10,000
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 11,111
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 12,500
  7. 7California1 in 14,286
  8. 8Illinois1 in 14,286

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.

Where Kit is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Kit was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,961 girls, against 1 in 20,400 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

151 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 1,961
  2. 2North Dakota1 in 5,556
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 7,143
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 11,111
  5. 5Indiana1 in 12,500
  6. 6Missouri1 in 12,500
  7. 7Colorado1 in 14,286
  8. 8Kansas1 in 16,667

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.

Kit around the world

Where Kit 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
    1996–2025
    #122
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1991–2025
    #226
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2019–2025
    #344
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2018–2025
    #468
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2015–2024
    #1,105
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1950–2013
    #389
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kit

People whose public names include Kit, 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.

Kit in other languages

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

JiKatKipKittyGedKiti

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

Kit by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,103
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 390
Best rank ever
#786
1890
Peak year
2025
195 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,946
Count in 2025
195

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,127
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,082
Best rank ever
#1,127
2025
Peak year
2025
208 that year
First recorded
1925
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,316
Count in 2025
208

Names similar to Kit

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

KittKitaiKitoAnkitKitsonKitwanaNikitKitrick

Names with a curve like Kit

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

WynnOzzieBarronAmadoLindenMontgomeryWesMacTheophilusCalLuckyLou

Sibling names for Kit

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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