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Chip

Pronounced /t͡ʃɪp/

Rank in 2024
#3,312
Born in 2024
36
Peak year
1962 · #595
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 36 boys were named Chip, about 1 in every 47,648.
  • It peaked in 1962 with 171 babies, ranked #595.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1942.
  • 3,469 boys have been named Chip since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Chip per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 35 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,685 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,041 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 292 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 61 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 355 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/t͡ʃɪp/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Chip, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Kip

    Rank
    #1,461
    Born '24
    124
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19652024