Kip is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1965 and has grown less common since.
Kip is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,626 for boy births in the United States (and #3,458 across all names), given to 104 babies. Kip was first reported in SSA data in 1935 and peaked in 1965 (419 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,626 |
| 2024 | 124 | 124 | — | #1,463 |
| 2023 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,382 |
| 2022 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,652 |
| 2020 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,794 |
| 2019 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,666 |
| 2018 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,947 |
| 2017 | 74 | 74 | — | #1,946 |
| 2016 | 74 | 74 | — | #1,965 |
| 2015 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,665 |
| 2014 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,499 |
| 2013 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,302 |
| 2012 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,212 |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,591 |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,613 |
| 2009 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,518 |
| 2008 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,206 |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,304 |
| 2006 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,485 |
| 2005 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,777 |
| 2004 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,163 |
| 2002 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,057 |
| 2001 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,465 |
| 2000 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,188 |
| 1999 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,699 |
| 1998 | 37 | 37 | — | #2,370 |
| 1997 | 32 | — | — | #2,524 |
| 1996 | 41 | — | — | #2,094 |
| 1995 | 44 | — | — | #1,941 |
| 1994 | 44 | — | — | #1,914 |
| 1993 | 38 | — | — | #2,111 |
| 1992 | 56 | — | — | #1,592 |
| 1991 | 68 | — | — | #1,375 |
| 1990 | 62 | — | — | #1,426 |
| 1989 | 55 | — | — | #1,508 |
| 1988 | 70 | — | — | #1,219 |
| 1987 | 56 | — | — | #1,328 |
| 1986 | 54 | — | — | #1,341 |
| 1985 | 80 | — | — | #1,029 |
| 1984 | 104 | — | — | #864 |
| 1983 | 66 | — | — | #1,102 |
| 1982 | 99 | — | — | #902 |
| 1981 | 126 | — | — | #776 |
| 1980 | 125 | — | #8,596 | #811 |
| 1979 | 102 | — | — | #861 |
| 1978 | 117 | — | — | #782 |
| 1977 | 98 | — | — | #861 |
| 1976 | 120 | — | — | #758 |
| 1975 | 117 | — | — | #767 |
| 1974 | 144 | — | — | #678 |
| 1973 | 150 | — | — | #651 |
| 1972 | 149 | — | — | #657 |
| 1971 | 168 | — | — | #635 |
| 1970 | 185 | — | — | #595 |
| 1969 | 210 | — | — | #542 |
| 1968 | 256 | — | #5,373 | #480 |
| 1967 | 293 | — | — | #439 |
| 1966 | 313 | — | #7,071 | #435 |
| 1965 | 432 | — | #3,642 | #379 |
| 1964 | 340 | — | #5,217 | #442 |
| 1963 | 270 | — | #4,701 | #497 |
| 1962 | 238 | — | #4,393 | #529 |
| 1961 | 180 | — | #5,582 | #602 |
| 1960 | 175 | — | #4,962 | #606 |
| 1959 | 161 | — | #4,821 | #623 |
| 1958 | 194 | — | #4,348 | #570 |
| 1957 | 218 | — | #3,397 | #542 |
| 1956 | 213 | — | #2,876 | #536 |
| 1955 | 198 | — | #3,924 | #541 |
| 1954 | 127 | — | #5,449 | #661 |
| 1953 | 110 | — | #6,099 | #698 |
| 1952 | 99 | — | — | #706 |
| 1951 | 96 | — | — | #708 |
| 1950 | 93 | — | — | #712 |
| 1949 | 68 | — | — | #827 |
| 1948 | 66 | — | #5,630 | #876 |
| 1947 | 61 | — | #5,017 | #964 |
| 1946 | 57 | — | — | #873 |
| 1945 | 42 | — | — | #989 |
| 1944 | 28 | — | — | #1,275 |
| 1943 | 25 | — | — | #1,420 |
| 1942 | 15 | — | — | #1,911 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | — | #2,413 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | — | #1,851 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | — | #2,119 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | — | #3,360 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | — | #2,830 |