Chip
Where Chip comes from
Chip hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.
Along the way
- 1942First appearance#3,212 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1958Chip Ganassi bornAmerican racing team owner
- 1962Peak, #593171 babies named Chip — more than any year before or since.
- 1966The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #794.
- 1972Chip Roy bornAmerican politician
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Chip Roy · American politician, born 1972
- Chip Ganassi · American racing team owner, born 1958
- Chip Pickering · American politician, born 1963
- Chip Foose · American automobile pioneer, born 1963
- Chip Robinson · American racecar driver, born 1954
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.