How Many People Are Named Kit?
An estimated 4,857 people in the United States have the first name Kit. It is used for both genders, with 64.0% male. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Kit peaked in popularity in 2024 with 370 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kit as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kit paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Kit is a genuinely unisex name, given to both boys and girls in roughly equal numbers.
Estimated Living Americans
4,857
About 1 in 70,569 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
64.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
2024
370 births
Total Registered
5,855
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kit
Kit is a genuinely unisex name, used for both males (64.0%) and females (36.0%). Out of 5,855 total births registered, 3,748 were male and 2,107 were female.
Kit as a male name
Ranked #1,150 in 2024
182 male births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (182 births)
Kit as a female name
Ranked #1,240 in 2024
188 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (188 births)
Kit: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kit span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 1,421 babies were registered. Kit remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Kit by Decade
How has Kit tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kit by State
Birth registrations for Kit span all 31 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Utah. The lowest are in Oklahoma, New Jersey, Nebraska. On average, about 49 Kits were registered per state.
Kit + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kit as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kit
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kit: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kit?
We estimate approximately 4,857 people named Kit are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 70,569 Americans share this first name.
Is Kit a common name?
Kit is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 5,855 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kit most popular?
Kit reached peak popularity in 2024, when 370 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kit is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kit a male name?
Kit is predominantly male. 64.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kit Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kit Smith, Kit Johnson, Kit Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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