Kemp — #5893 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kemp

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,286 babies named Kemp between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kemp currently holds the #5893 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kemp performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Kemp shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kemp in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kemp in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,286 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.