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.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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