Kipling is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2016 and has grown less common since.
Kipling is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,617 for boy births in the United States (and #17,851 across all names), given to 9 babies. Kipling was first reported in SSA data in 1952 and peaked in 2016 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | #8,617 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | #11,736 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | #11,622 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | #7,527 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | #8,550 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | #8,578 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #6,950 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | #5,679 |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | #5,679 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | #13,157 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #7,882 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | #9,227 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #13,499 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #11,433 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #11,693 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #10,865 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #10,543 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | #6,720 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #7,478 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #6,044 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,904 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #4,890 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #4,218 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #4,573 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #4,962 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #4,828 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #5,391 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #3,810 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | #2,803 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #2,624 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,451 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | #2,881 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #3,737 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | #2,129 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #2,491 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #2,776 |
| 1962 | 14 | — | #2,240 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #3,525 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #3,866 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #2,945 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #3,435 |
| 1957 | 13 | — | #2,327 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,743 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,703 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #3,274 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #4,019 |