Kit

boys’ name · 64%girls’ name · 36%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Kit is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 182 births. Its best rank was 786th, in 1890.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 1820.01% of boys
Peak year: 2023182 births
Best rank: #786in 1890
Since 1880: 5,855people given the name

Babies named Kit, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

3,748 boys have been named Kit in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 182 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 2020s alone account for 20%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Kit is used for both sexes: 36% of its bearers are girls (2,107), most of them born around 2024.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Kit
1880s	10
1890s	13
1900s	5
1910s	43
1920s	79
1930s	62
1940s	416
1950s	726
1960s	370
1970s	318
1980s	260
1990s	158
2000s	117
2010s	426
2020s	745

In 2023, its biggest year

Kit was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Kit

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.