Chip
#2,220 most common boys' name of all time · #5,335 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1942–2025
Rank among boys
#2,220
Rank overall
#5,335 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
3,493
Since 2016
350
Peak year
1962 #594
Best rank
#594 1962
Girls
Boys
peak 171/yr
Chip first appears in 1942. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,280 |
| 2024 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,294 |
| 2023 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,587 |
| 2022 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,931 |
| 2021 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,081 |
| 2020 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,668 |
| 2019 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,707 |
| 2018 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,546 |
| 2017 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,261 |
| 2016 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,621 |
| 2015 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,051 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,931 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,840 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,035 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,218 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,837 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,063 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,882 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,754 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,189 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,631 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,469 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,445 |
| 1996 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,116 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,140 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,144 |
| 1993 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,478 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,276 |
| 1991 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,313 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,041 |
| 1989 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,139 |
| 1988 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,063 |
| 1987 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,997 |
| 1986 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,341 |
| 1985 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,203 |
| 1984 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,070 |
| 1983 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,807 |
| 1982 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,028 |
| 1981 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,649 |
| 1980 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,388 |
| 1979 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,449 |
| 1978 | — | 76 | 76 | #994 |
| 1977 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,216 |
| 1976 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,446 |
| 1975 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,733 |
| 1974 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,346 |
| 1973 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,106 |
| 1972 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,081 |
| 1971 | — | 83 | 83 | #899 |
| 1970 | — | 91 | 91 | #846 |
| 1969 | — | 84 | 84 | #839 |
| 1968 | — | 76 | 76 | #838 |
| 1967 | — | 75 | 75 | #831 |
| 1966 | — | 84 | 84 | #799 |
| 1965 | — | 109 | 109 | #715 |
| 1964 | — | 162 | 162 | #617 |
| 1963 | — | 171 | 171 | #601 |
| 1962 | — | 171 | 171 | #594 |
| 1961 | — | 164 | 164 | #622 |
| 1960 | — | 133 | 133 | #682 |
| 1959 | — | 138 | 138 | #656 |
| 1958 | — | 93 | 93 | #776 |
| 1957 | — | 96 | 96 | #771 |
| 1956 | — | 111 | 111 | #704 |
| 1955 | — | 96 | 96 | #752 |
| 1954 | — | 70 | 70 | #886 |
| 1953 | — | 62 | 62 | #919 |
| 1952 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,065 |
| 1951 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,231 |
| 1949 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,379 |
| 1948 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,555 |
| 1945 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,696 |
| 1944 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,194 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,553 |