Kit
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Kit
Actor Kit Harington, aka the dreamy Jon Snow on Game of Thrones, has given this nickname-name new style and appeal for boys. Actress Jodie Foster used it for her son back in the 2000s, while actor Kit Connor of Heartstopper fame may have introduced it to a wider audience.
Kit for boys#1103 US
Kit is one of those names that is gender-neutral but has a different derivation for boys and girls. For boys, it originated as a short form of Christopher, while for girls, it's an updated diminutive of Katherine.
Kit as a full name is still beneath the Top 1000 for both sexes in the US, but it's getting more popular. In a recent year, 134 baby girls and 181 baby boys were named Kit, up from 105 and 129 in 2021.
Kit also has the literary appeal of having appeared in works by Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, and a nature/animal connection, given that it is used for the offspring of foxes, rabbits, and weasels.
Kit for girls#1127 US
Kit is a crisp, old-time nickname with plenty of spirit and style. In the UK it's a rising star for boys, while in the US, it is trending upwards for girls too.
Originally used as a diminutive of Katherine and Christopher, Kit could stand on its own to make a cool alternative to Katie, or an unexpected honor name for the aforementioned classics.
Coinciding with the name for a young fox, Kit feels at home with the likes Wren and Quinn — and with fast risers like Scottie, Robin, and Drew. In a recent year, 188 girls received the name compared to 182 boys, making it a gender neutral choice in the US at least.
Love the idea of Kit for a girl but still want a full name that isn't Katherine or Christina? You could try Kallista, Kensington, Keturah, Kismet, Kinneret, or Katalina.
Pronounced KIT.
As of October 2026, Kit ranked #1103 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #786 in 1890, Nameberry popularity #97.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,629 | 21 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #2,943 | 40 | #4,925 | 28 |
| 2016 | #2,264 | 59 | #4,587 | 31 |
| 2017 | #2,079 | 67 | #3,274 | 49 |
| 2018 | #1,771 | 87 | #2,923 | 57 |
| 2019 | #1,628 | 101 | #2,365 | 76 |
| 2020 | #1,492 | 114 | #2,207 | 82 |
| 2021 | #1,416 | 130 | #1,890 | 105 |
| 2022 | #1,371 | 137 | #1,383 | 166 |
| 2023 | #1,152 | 182 | #1,572 | 135 |
| 2024 | #1,150 | 182 | #1,240 | 188 |
| 2025 | #1,103 | 195 | #1,127 | 208 |
World rankings
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Kit on lists
Famous Kits
- Christopher Houston "Kit" CarsonBoy
American frontiersman
- Christopher Catesby "Kit" HaringtonBoy
English actor
- Kit WatkinsBoy
American jazz singer
- Christopher "Kit" FrenchBoy
American singer of band Parachute
- Christopher Cornelius "Kit" CulkinBoy
American actor and father of Macaulay Culkin
- Christopher "Kit" MarloweBoy
English playwright
- Christopher "Kit" Foster (b. 2001)Boy
son of American actress Jodie Foster
- Kit Bomer (b. 2005)Boy
son of actor Matt Bomer
- Kit James Thornton (b. 2015)Boy
son of actors James Thornton & Joanna Page
- Christopher Carlton "Kit" Cumberbatch (b. 2015)Boy
son of Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter
- Kit Rooney (b. 2016)Boy
son of footballer Wayne Rooney
- Kit Harry Francis Judd (b. 2017)Boy
son of McFly drummer Harry Judd
- Catherine "Kit" HooverGirl
American broadcast journalist
- Catherine "Kit" PongettiGirl
American actress
- Kit Chen (Jiéyí)Girl
Singaporean singer
- Kathleen Margaret "Kit" PearsonGirl
Canadian novelist
- Catherine "Kit" KleinGirl
American speedskater
- Catherine Ita "Kit" AhernGirl
Irish politician
- Lillian Hyde "Kit" (Craig) ReedGirl
American short story writer
- Kit Carroway Huff (born 2025)Girl
daughter of Sadie Robertson Huff and Christian Huff
Kit in pop culture
- Christopher "Kit" Walker Jr.Boy
aka The Phantom, comic book superhero
- Kit WalkerBoy
character on TV's "American Horror Story: Asylum"
- Christopher "Kit" RodriguezBoy
a character in the "Young Wizards" series
- Kit CloudkickerBoy
character in Disney's animated series TaleSpin
- Kit RamseyBoy
a main character in film "Bowfinger"
- Kit NelsonBoy
character on TV's "Alcatraz"
- Kit aka Prince CharmingBoy
character in 2015 Disney film Cinderella
- Kit FistoBoy
character in the Star Wars series
- Kit OxenfordBoy
character in Ken Follett's "Whiteout"
- Kit CarruthersBoy
character in the film "Badlands"
- Christopher "Kit" HerondaleBoy
character in the Dark Artifices series by Cassandra Clare
- "Kit and Kitty"Boy
a novel by R. D. Blackmore
- Kit KatBoth
chocolate bar
- KitBoy
term for a young animal such as a fox
- Kit "Kitsune" NozawaGirl
character in DC Universe
- Katherine "Kit" TylerGirl
the main character in The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- Kit SnicketGirl
character in Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events".
- Margaret Mildred "Kit" KittredgeGirl
from the "American Girl" doll collection.
- Kit BaileyGirl
character from CBC series "Heartland"
- Kit KellerGirl
character in the film 'A League of Their Own' (1992)
- Kit DunnGirl
character on TV's Backstage
- Kit BallardGirl
main character in video game Blade Kitten
- Kit De LucaGirl
character in the film Pretty Woman
- Kit McGrawGirl
character on TV's Nip/Tuck
- Kit PorterGirl
character on TV's The L Word
- Katherine "KitGirl
", character in film Failure to Launch
- Rielle "Kit" PeddlerGirl
character in the Android Netrunner series
- KitGirl
term for a young animal such as fox
- Kit McKennaGirl
character in the book and film "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"
- Katherine "Kit" GordyGirl
main character in 2018 movie "Down a Dark Hall"
Variations & nicknames
- KittBoy