Kipling
#8,275 most common boys' name of all time · #20,891 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1952–2025
Rank among boys
#8,275
Rank overall
#20,891 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
398
Since 2016
105
Peak year
2016 #5,628
Best rank
#2,166 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Kipling first appears in 1952. 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 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,363 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,148 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,041 |
| 2022 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,362 |
| 2021 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,288 |
| 2020 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,123 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,337 |
| 2018 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,787 |
| 2017 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,593 |
| 2016 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,628 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,369 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,689 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,674 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,936 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,685 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,911 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,979 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,232 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,964 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,568 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,274 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,907 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,795 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,834 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,567 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,929 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,814 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,370 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,857 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,863 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,662 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,556 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,935 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1965 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,166 |
| 1964 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,536 |
| 1963 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,837 |
| 1962 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,277 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,598 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,957 |
| 1959 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,015 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,526 |
| 1957 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,373 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,858 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,412 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,236 |