Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kipling” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kipling” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kipling” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kipling” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kipling” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kipling” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kipling” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kipling” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1952 5 0.000001316 5 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 -100%
2017 16 0.000004474 16 -100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 -100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 -100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 -100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 -100%
2022 11 0.000003251 11 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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