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 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 48,246 of them was named Dempsey, which outranked 79.1% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,915Zenaida38
- #3,915Zoelle38
- #3,915Zori38
- #3,989Dempsey37
- #3,989Aamira37
- #3,989Addeline37
- #3,989Adora37
- #4,069Aaria36
- #4,069Adhya36
- #4,069Adore36
Tied with 79 names at #3,989; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 26,621 of them was named Dempsey, which outranked 85.8% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,983Shiv73
- #1,983Sylvester73
- #1,983Zach73
- #2,001Dempsey72
- #2,001Ashwin72
- #2,001Coleton72
- #2,001Jeff72
- #2,019Abiel71
- #2,019Akiva71
- #2,019Antwon71
Tied with 17 names at #2,001; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.