Kemper*
#3,233 most common boys' name of all time · #7,851 across all names · 84% male / 16% female · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,233
Rank overall
#7,851 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
100 of 146
All-time
1,899
Since 2016
467
Peak year
2009 #1,993
Best rank
#1,889 1947
Girls
Boys
peak 77/yr
Kemper first appears in 1912. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 14 | 35 | #6,172 |
| 2024 | 18 | 25 | 43 | #4,212 |
| 2023 | 27 | 32 | 59 | #3,580 |
| 2022 | 18 | 29 | 47 | #3,781 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 40 | #4,796 |
| 2020 | 14 | 26 | 40 | #3,934 |
| 2019 | 15 | 24 | 39 | #4,244 |
| 2018 | 13 | 39 | 52 | #3,009 |
| 2017 | 17 | 43 | 60 | #2,804 |
| 2016 | 13 | 39 | 52 | #3,007 |
| 2015 | 11 | 54 | 65 | #2,392 |
| 2014 | 23 | 42 | 65 | #2,814 |
| 2013 | 18 | 50 | 68 | #2,470 |
| 2012 | 6 | 60 | 66 | #2,191 |
| 2011 | 13 | 48 | 61 | #2,558 |
| 2010 | 7 | 53 | 60 | #2,381 |
| 2009 | 7 | 70 | 77 | #1,993 |
| 2008 | 8 | 44 | 52 | #2,760 |
| 2007 | 8 | 49 | 57 | #2,539 |
| 2006 | 7 | 57 | 64 | #2,227 |
| 2005 | 5 | 58 | 63 | #2,118 |
| 2004 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,139 |
| 2003 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #5,059 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,136 |
| 2001 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,422 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,487 |
| 1999 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #6,109 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,894 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,708 |
| 1996 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,594 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,040 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,916 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,926 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,525 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,516 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,865 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,120 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,647 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,444 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,581 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,535 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,228 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,660 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,026 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,308 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,082 |
| 1971 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,027 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,627 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,189 |
| 1967 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,190 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,351 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,655 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 1963 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,744 |
| 1962 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,589 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,461 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,599 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,420 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,114 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,126 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,356 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1954 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,079 |
| 1953 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,010 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,205 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,167 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,140 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,466 |
| 1947 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,889 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,799 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,412 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,372 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,739 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,797 |
| 1940 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,282 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,039 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,110 |
| 1934 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,127 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,959 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,960 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,760 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,122 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,855 |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,033 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,249 |
| 1924 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,363 |
| 1923 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,722 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,479 |
| 1921 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,592 |
| 1920 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,076 |
| 1919 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,350 |
| 1918 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,365 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,696 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,326 |
| 1915 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,166 |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,701 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,823 |