Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kemp

#4,081 most common boys' name of all time · #9,986 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1898–2025

Rank among boys
#4,081
Rank overall
#9,986 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
1,306
Since 2016
115
Peak year
1957 #1,429
Best rank
#1,277 1898
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Kemp first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 20 20 #4,869
2024 — 15 15 #5,919
2023 — 13 13 #6,542
2022 — 7 7 #9,864
2021 — 5 5 #12,238
2020 — 9 9 #8,109
2019 — 5 5 #12,214
2018 — 12 12 #6,729
2017 — 17 17 #5,311
2016 — 12 12 #6,751
2015 — 14 14 #6,014
2014 — 11 11 #7,077
2013 — 14 14 #5,951
2012 — 8 8 #8,912
2011 — 8 8 #8,808
2010 — 8 8 #8,849
2009 — 9 9 #8,338
2007 — 11 11 #7,133
2006 — 12 12 #6,490
2005 — 12 12 #6,250
2004 — 10 10 #7,016
2003 — 6 6 #9,646
2002 — 7 7 #8,520
2001 — 6 6 #9,314
2000 — 9 9 #6,885
1999 — 6 6 #8,763
1998 — 11 11 #5,495
1997 — 11 11 #5,319
1996 — 8 8 #6,541
1995 — 12 12 #4,827
1994 — 10 10 #5,495
1993 — 8 8 #6,276
1992 — 5 5 #8,522
1991 — 10 10 #5,140
1990 — 8 8 #5,888
1989 — 11 11 #4,561
1988 — 8 8 #5,265
1987 — 8 8 #5,026
1986 — 9 9 #4,511
1984 — 7 7 #5,054
1983 — 8 8 #4,554
1982 — 8 8 #4,642
1981 — 8 8 #4,575
1980 — 5 5 #6,361
1979 — 8 8 #4,463
1978 — 8 8 #4,218
1977 — 8 8 #4,219
1976 — 7 7 #4,494
1975 — 5 5 #5,563
1974 — 16 16 #2,483
1973 — 13 13 #2,754
1972 — 11 11 #3,036
1971 — 14 14 #2,588
1970 — 13 13 #2,654
1969 — 15 15 #2,250
1968 — 16 16 #2,056
1967 — 15 15 #2,070
1966 — 13 13 #2,250
1965 — 20 20 #1,786
1964 — 22 22 #1,715
1963 — 25 25 #1,603
1962 — 24 24 #1,641
1961 — 18 18 #1,966
1960 — 24 24 #1,670
1959 — 17 17 #2,003
1958 — 14 14 #2,206
1957 — 31 31 #1,429
1956 — 17 17 #1,972
1955 — 23 23 #1,625
1954 — 18 18 #1,857
1953 — 18 18 #1,862
1952 — 19 19 #1,771
1951 — 15 15 #2,018
1950 — 8 8 #2,851
1949 — 15 15 #1,980
1948 — 10 10 #2,500
1947 — 11 11 #2,407
1946 — 13 13 #2,072
1945 — 12 12 #2,066
1944 — 12 12 #2,126
1943 — 14 14 #2,028
1942 — 13 13 #2,085
1941 — 9 9 #2,550
1939 — 11 11 #2,211
1938 — 6 6 #3,274
1937 — 9 9 #2,557
1936 — 9 9 #2,525
1935 — 9 9 #2,602
1934 — 10 10 #2,451
1933 — 12 12 #2,147
1932 — 9 9 #2,712
1931 — 9 9 #2,730
1930 — 12 12 #2,355
1929 — 9 9 #2,856
1928 — 10 10 #2,716
1927 — 9 9 #2,977
1925 — 12 12 #2,490
1924 — 12 12 #2,532
1923 — 16 16 #2,071
1922 — 11 11 #2,699
1921 — 10 10 #2,868
1920 — 15 15 #2,176
1919 — 13 13 #2,311
1918 — 12 12 #2,447
1917 — 14 14 #2,142
1916 — 9 9 #2,796
1915 — 19 19 #1,634
1914 — 10 10 #2,188
1913 — 5 5 #2,938
1912 — 14 14 #1,330
1898 — 5 5 #1,277