Kemp
Kemp was given to 20 boys in 2025, #4,953 among boys’ names; 1,306 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kemp by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kemp?
#4,953 among boys’ names, 2025
Kemp rose from #6,153 in 2015 to #4,953 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 7.3 to 11.7 per million.
31 babies in 1957, the peak
Kemp peaked in 1957, when 31 boys were given it, #1,419 among boys’ names. The 20 births of 2025 are 65% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,953 | 11.7 |
| 2024 | 15 | #6,038 | 8.7 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,722 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 7 | #10,345 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 5 | #13,150 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,409 | 5.2 |
| 2019 | 5 | #13,170 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,927 | 6.6 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,411 | 9.2 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,941 | 6.3 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #6,153 | 7.3 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,308 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 14 | #6,083 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 8 | #9,310 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 8 | #9,204 | 4.2 |
| 2010 | 8 | #9,253 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,688 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,359 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,690 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,431 | 6.0 |
| 2004 | 10 | #7,287 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | 6 | #10,263 | 3.0 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,950 | 3.6 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,941 | 3.1 |
| 2000 | 9 | #7,122 | 4.6 |
| 1999 | 6 | #9,332 | 3.1 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,657 | 5.8 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,480 | 5.8 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,821 | 4.2 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,959 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,682 | 5.2 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,553 | 4.1 |
| 1992 | 5 | #9,148 | 2.5 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,296 | 4.9 |
| 1990 | 8 | #6,138 | 3.9 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,669 | 5.5 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,462 | 4.2 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,213 | 4.3 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,669 | 4.9 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,281 | 3.9 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,712 | 4.5 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,816 | 4.4 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,747 | 4.5 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,782 | 2.8 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,640 | 4.6 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,368 | 4.9 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,393 | 4.9 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,686 | 4.5 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,915 | 3.2 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,512 | 10.2 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,789 | 8.3 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,065 | 6.8 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,629 | 7.9 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,683 | 7.0 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,258 | 8.4 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,072 | 9.2 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,085 | 8.6 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,285 | 7.3 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,793 | 10.8 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,714 | 11.0 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,610 | 12.3 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,648 | 11.6 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,974 | 8.5 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,670 | 11.3 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,010 | 8.0 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,220 | 6.6 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,419 | 14.4 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,983 | 8.0 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,629 | 11.2 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,858 | 8.8 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,868 | 9.1 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,780 | 9.8 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,012 | 8.0 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,902 | 4.5 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,982 | 8.5 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,529 | 5.7 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,437 | 6.0 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,090 | 8.0 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,067 | 8.9 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,128 | 8.8 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,033 | 9.8 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,097 | 9.4 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,568 | 7.3 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,232 | 9.9 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,356 | 5.4 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,584 | 8.4 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,535 | 8.7 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,626 | 8.6 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,482 | 9.7 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,157 | 12.1 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,742 | 8.6 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,775 | 8.7 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,369 | 10.9 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,857 | 8.4 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,756 | 9.0 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,030 | 8.0 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,512 | 10.8 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,558 | 10.6 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,073 | 14.6 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,717 | 10.1 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,896 | 9.1 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,180 | 14.1 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,327 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,465 | 11.8 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,136 | 15.1 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,828 | 10.1 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,631 | 22.4 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,193 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,053 | 9.8 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,316 | 32.6 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,223 | 40.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kemp a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kemp has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Kemp: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kemp, and how old are they?
An estimated 838 Americans named Kemp and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 21 and 65. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 819 people named Kemp (35 women and girls, 784 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 838 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kemp
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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