Kip
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning to rest or sleep; a form of Kipchoge.
Babies a year
74
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Kip by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Kip. In the US, 74 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 419 babies in 1965, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kip. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.