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How popular is the name Kip?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kips are alive today.
Kip (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2125th most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 40% of its peak. Kip is one spelling of a name also recorded as Kipp; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Kip you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old - or else around 20: the name has two living generations. Half of all Kips born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 180 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kip - on average, only one in every 1,684 such rooms contains a Kip.
How many babies are named Kip each year?
Includes all spellings: Kip, Kipp. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kip spelling rank?
Where does the Kipp spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kip most popular?
Kip peaked in 2021, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Kip?
At least 180 people named Kip in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kip?
Most living Kips are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 5. There is a second cluster around 20.
Is Kip becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak.