Kemper
Kemper is given to both girls and boys: 21 girls and 14 boys were given it in 2025 (#5,823 among girls’ names and #6,284 among boys’, #7,197 among all names counting both); 1,899 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,610 Americans named Kemper and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 9 and 23.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kemper by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kemper?
#6,284 among boys’ names, 2025
Kemper fell from #2,398 in 2015 to #6,284 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 28.2 to 8.2 per million.
77 babies in 2009, the peak
Kemper peaked in 2009, when 77 babies were given it (70 boys, #1,997 among boys’ names). The 35 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 45% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,823 | 14 | #6,284 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,526 | 25 | #4,262 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,930 | 32 | #3,593 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,579 | 29 | #3,824 |
| 2021 | 20 | #6,065 | 20 | #4,857 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,756 | 26 | #3,971 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,531 | 24 | #4,281 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,369 | 39 | #3,024 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,946 | 43 | #2,822 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,633 | 39 | #3,035 |
Every recorded year (100)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #9,812 | 54 | #2,398 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,712 | 42 | #2,831 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,881 | 50 | #2,481 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,932 | 60 | #2,195 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,905 | 48 | #2,566 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,246 | 53 | #2,385 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,475 | 70 | #1,997 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,211 | 44 | #2,769 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,305 | 49 | #2,551 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,351 | 57 | #2,235 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,859 | 58 | #2,117 |
| 2004 | under 5 | 55 | #2,143 | |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,808 | 15 | #5,158 |
| 2002 | under 5 | 11 | #6,317 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 13 | #5,525 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 8 | #7,833 | |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,520 | 10 | #6,282 |
| 1998 | under 5 | 10 | #6,075 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 13 | #4,812 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 10 | #5,775 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 12 | #4,960 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 7 | #7,378 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 7 | #7,215 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 11 | #5,070 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 12 | #4,625 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 7 | #6,817 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 7 | #6,133 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 5 | #7,579 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 9 | #4,670 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 12 | #3,698 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 5 | #6,853 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 8 | #4,713 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 5 | #6,880 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 5 | #6,558 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 7 | #4,797 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 8 | #4,126 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 10 | #3,329 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 7 | #4,211 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 11 | #3,065 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 8 | #3,680 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 8 | #3,243 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 14 | #2,208 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 7 | #3,384 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 6 | #3,726 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 7 | #3,454 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 10 | #2,771 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 11 | #2,590 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 7 | #3,519 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 11 | #2,611 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 7 | #3,434 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 5 | #4,234 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 8 | #3,145 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 7 | #3,374 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 10 | #2,672 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 15 | #2,081 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 8 | #3,040 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 7 | #3,216 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 7 | #3,185 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 7 | #3,156 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 6 | #3,493 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 17 | #1,883 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 8 | #2,806 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 10 | #2,388 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 6 | #3,395 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 5 | #3,835 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 8 | #2,774 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 11 | #2,248 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 7 | #3,044 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 5 | #3,822 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 7 | #3,114 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 7 | #3,145 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 5 | #4,045 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 5 | #4,058 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 6 | #3,811 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 8 | #3,117 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 6 | #3,934 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 9 | #3,031 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 8 | #3,265 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 8 | #3,382 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 11 | #2,700 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 5 | #4,653 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 12 | #2,560 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 9 | #3,085 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 13 | #2,328 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 13 | #2,332 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 6 | #3,765 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 7 | #3,349 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 13 | #2,122 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 6 | #2,651 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 5 | #2,733 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Kemper a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,899 Americans recorded as Kemper, 16% are girls and 84% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Kemper: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kemper, and how old are they?
1,610 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 1,899 Americans ever recorded as Kemper. The median Kemper alive today is 16 years old; half are between 9 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 1,412 people named Kemper (276 women and girls, 1,136 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,398 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 18 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 104 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 79 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 111 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 639 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 660 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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 Kemper
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.
More about Kemper and names like it
- Compare Kemper and TennysonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sKemper peaked in 2009.
- Virginia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kemper since 1910.
- The top names of 2009The year the most babies were named Kemper.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Kemper alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with KMost given first.