Boy name#1,020 of boy names
Kip
Pronounced K IH1 P (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1965
- 90 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Kip?
Kip is a boys' name, and first appears in 1935. It has been given to 11,042 children — the 1,020th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 1965, when 498 children were given it.
Kipp is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Kip and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Kipp
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K IH1 P
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Kip
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Kip
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Kip?
- Kip ranks 1,020th among boys' names in US records, with 11,042 births since 1935. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,268.
- Is Kip a unisex name?
- No. Kip is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Kip most popular?
- 1965, when 498 children were given the name. It has been in use for 90 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Kip spelled?
- Kipp. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.