Kip

Girl · recorded 1947–1980

  • 1980last recorded
  • 1956best year

Most popular in 1956.

Last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kip.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1947

04819471955196419721980

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Kip, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19473
19483
19533
19543
19555
19568
19576
19584
19594
19604
19613
19625
19635
19644
19657
19663
19685
19804

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kip 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.

More like it

More like Kip

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1980
7
Rank in 1980
#8,178
How rare
1 in 237,186 girls
Since 1947
154

Kip was last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1956, at 8 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kip doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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