Chip · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1942

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 77 recorded years as a table

Chip, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1942	4
1944	9
1945	13
1946	14
1947	16
1948	13
1949	16
1950	20
1951	18
1952	24
1953	31
1954	34
1955	47
1956	52
1957	45
1958	44
1959	65
1960	62
1961	77
1962	83
1963	84
1964	81
1965	59
1966	47
1967	43
1968	44
1969	47
1970	49
1971	47
1972	35
1973	35
1974	26
1975	19
1976	25
1977	32
1978	46
1979	24
1980	26
1981	20
1982	15
1983	17
1984	14
1985	14
1986	8
1987	9
1988	16
1989	9
1990	7
1991	6
1992	4
1993	5
1994	4
1995	3
1996	5
1997	4
2001	3
2002	4
2003	3
2005	3
2006	3
2007	4
2008	2
2009	3
2011	3
2013	4
2014	4
2015	7
2016	8
2017	19
2018	17
2019	26
2020	27
2021	22
2022	25
2023	19
2024	21
2025	14

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Chip isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 24
Rank in 2025: #4,249
How rare: 1 in 71,169 boys
Since 1942: 3,493

Most popular in 1963, at 84 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 92% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.