Kit

Did you know?

A few things about Kit you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Kit

Kit Connor

British actor (born 2004)

Choose Kit and your child shares a first name with Kit Connor, a British actor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Kit, like who?” Kit Connor's Wikipedia article is available in 38 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: France RC - Roster Con, CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 7,728 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Kit, 208 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Kit would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryKit has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Kits, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearKit is at its all-time high right now: #1,125 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowKit is 46× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 357,143 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 7,728.
• 🚀TrendKit has climbed 1,071 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,125. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedKit is most popular in Utah, where it ranks #260, followed by Minnesota (#459) and Oklahoma (#483). It's in the top 1,000 in 11 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlKit is given to both boys and girls: 52% of the 403 babies named Kit in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningKit is an English form of Christopher, which means “bearer of Christ”. Our records link it to American, English and Greek roots.

About the name Kit

Kit is a gender-neutral name of American, English and Greek origin meaning “bearer of Christ”. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with K and ending in “-kit”. US birth records list Kit for girls from 1925 to 2025, in 82 of those 101 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #1,125 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #1,125, with 208 babies. Of the 403 US babies named Kit in 2025, 52% were girls and 48% were boys.

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