Kip
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Kip
Kip Thorne, nobel laureate and long-time colleague of Stephen Hawking, is just one of several Kips who don't have a longer name. But Kip is often short for Christopher.
Kip is also given to girls.
Pronounced KIP.
As of October 2026, Kip ranked #1626 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #379 in 1965, Nameberry popularity #597.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,499 | 50 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #2,664 | 46 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,965 | 74 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,946 | 74 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,947 | 76 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,666 | 97 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,794 | 84 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,649 | 101 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,451 | 125 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,380 | 135 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,456 | 124 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,626 | 104 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Kip for boys
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Kip on lists
Famous Kips
- Kip Stephen ThorneBoy
American theoretical physicist
- Kip Christian MooreBoy
American country music singer
- Kevin Ian "Kip" PardueBoy
American actor
- Kip GamblinBoy
Australian ballet dancer & actor
- Kip CarpenterBoy
American Olympic speedskater
- Kip Alan CorringtonBoy
American NFL football player
- Kip Lee GrossBoy
American baseball player
- Kip HanrahanBoy
American jazz musician
- Kip Charles MillerBoy
American ice hockey player
- Kip SabianBoy
a british pro wrestler currently signed with all elite wrestling
- Kip Lane YoungBoy
American baseball player
- Robert "Kip" WellsBoy
American baseball player
- Albert Karl "Kip" SelbachBoy
American baseball player
- Kiphling Taquana "Kip" AndersonBoy
American R&B singer,songwriter
- (Charles Frederick) Kip WingerBoy
American musician of band Winger
- Kip SimonsBoy
American artistic gymnast
- Kip AndersenBoy
American documentary film maker
- Kip MooreBoy
Country Music Artist
- Kip WilsonGirl
Young adult author
- Mary Jane "Kip" TiernanGirl
Social activist
Kip in pop culture
- Kip WilsonBoy
main character TV's 'Bosom Buddies' (played by Tom Hanks)
- Kip "HalfBoy
Sack" Epps, character on TV's "Sons of Anarchy"
- Kipling Ronald "Kip" DynamiteBoy
character in movie "Napoleon Dynamite"
- Kip SupernovaBoy
character in animated film "Escape from Planet Earth"
- Kip GlaspieGirl
Lead character in crime thriller series “Collateral”