Dempsey
#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to boys 88.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,249since 1880
Dempsey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,459 | 44 | #2,991 | 41 |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | #2,835 | 45 |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 | #2,346 | 59 |
| 2022 | #4,793 | 28 | #2,589 | 52 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #2,079 | 70 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | #2,505 | 51 |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | #2,228 | 62 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | #2,385 | 55 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #2,091 | 66 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #2,012 | 71 |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | #2,001 | 72 |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 | #1,641 | 94 |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | #1,851 | 77 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #2,155 | 62 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #1,999 | 68 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #2,579 | 47 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #3,646 | 29 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | — | #4,105 | 23 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,426 | 18 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | — | #3,261 | 22 | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #3,202 | 22 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,213 | 23 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,699 | 26 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,625 | 23 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,311 | 36 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,792 | 20 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,479 | 28 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,406 | 32 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,658 | 24 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,337 | 34 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,131 | 46 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,388 | 32 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,385 | 31 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,137 | 43 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,123 | 41 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,168 | 38 | |
| 1949 | — | #942 | 54 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,015 | 48 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #1,233 | 35 |
| 1946 | — | #1,124 | 38 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,055 | 39 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,120 | 37 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,036 | 42 | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #1,019 | 40 |
| 1940 | — | #1,227 | 30 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,085 | 35 | |
| 1938 | — | #939 | 45 | |
| 1937 | — | #982 | 41 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,098 | 35 | |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | — | #961 | 43 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,056 | 40 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,050 | 41 | |
| 1930 | — | #892 | 55 | |
| 1929 | — | #960 | 49 | |
| 1928 | — | #779 | 69 | |
| 1927 | — | #754 | 75 | |
| 1926 | — | #931 | 53 | |
| 1925 | — | #871 | 59 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,117 | 41 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #750 | 76 |
| 1922 | — | #730 | 81 | |
| 1921 | — | #609 | 108 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #660 | 93 |
| 1919 | — | #580 | 107 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,012 | 44 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,113 | 36 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dempsey was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dempsey
- 156 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #2,991)
- 486 spots since 2020 (#2,505 → #2,991)
- 990 spots since 2015 (#2,001 → #2,991)
- Biggest jump: 432 spots in 1919 (#1,012 → #580)
- Biggest drop: 422 spots in 1904 (#783 → #1,205)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #571 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1925–1930
- Highest: 1 in 9,160 boys born in 1919 were named Dempsey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #571 in 1880, was only 1 in 10,045 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.6% of all boys named Dempsey (704) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #571 (1880) | #804 |
| 1890s | 42 | #792 (1892) | #939 |
| 1900s | 67 | #783 (1903) | #1,024 |
| 1910s | 314 | #580 (1919) | #1,130 |
| 1920s | 704 | #609 (1921) | #816 |
| 1930s | 403 | #892 (1930) | #1,034 |
| 1940s | 398 | #942 (1949) | #1,087 |
| 1950s | 368 | #1,123 (1951) | #1,252 |
| 1960s | 235 | #1,311 (1964) | #1,689 |
| 1970s | 181 | #1,699 (1970) | #2,453 |
| 1980s | 139 | #2,213 (1980) | #3,491 |
| 1990s | 165 | #3,202 (1996) | #3,937 |
| 2000s | 199 | #3,646 (2008) | #4,671 |
| 2010s | 674 | #1,641 (2014) | #2,094 |
| 2020s | 318 | #2,079 (2021) | #2,558 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dempsey in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 172,588 of them was named Dempsey, which outranked 30.0% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,252Wonnie8
- #3,252Zada8
- #3,252Zenith8
- #3,559Dempsey7
- #3,559Abelina7
- #3,559Adel7
- #3,559Adelyn7
- #3,954Adair6
- #3,954Adda6
- #3,954Adelene6
Tied with 394 names at #3,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 30,708 of them was named Dempsey, which outranked 74.5% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,004Rollie41
- #1,004Tyler41
- #1,004Wayman41
- #1,019Dempsey40
- #1,019Aron40
- #1,019Carlyle40
- #1,019Domenick40
- #1,040Alice39
- #1,040Isadore39
- #1,040Lenwood39
Tied with 20 names at #1,019; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.