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Dempsey: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 44 in 2025. Its best rank was #3,479 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 52% of babies named Dempsey in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,479 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Dempsey: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 44 girls in 2025. Peak: #3,479 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 44 (2025).
In 2025, 44 US girls were named Dempsey, making it the 3,479th most common girls’ name of the year, up 1,214 places from #4,693 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 29 girls named Dempsey in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3,479, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 44. For comparison, it was #4,012 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 41 US boys were named Dempsey, making it the 3,004th most common boys’ name of the year, down 163 places from #2,841 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 45 boys named Dempsey in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #579, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 108, in 1921. For comparison, it was #2,003 in 2015 and #1,170 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dempsey in 138 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 11 babies. In all, 4,799 US babies have been given the name, 11% of them girls and 89% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 931 babies named Dempsey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 290 US girls were named Dempsey; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 44. In 2025 that was about 1 in 36,529 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Dempsy and Dempsie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Dempsy (119), Dempsie (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Dempsey in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,479 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,693 | 45 | #2,841 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,214 | 59 | #2,348 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,827 | 52 | #2,596 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,649 | 70 | #2,082 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,050 | 51 | #2,520 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,574 | 62 | #2,238 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,048 | 55 | #2,397 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,885 | 66 | #2,097 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,495 | 71 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 37 | #4,012 | 72 | #2,003 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,687 | 94 | #1,644 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,025 | 77 | #1,854 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,944 | 62 | #2,161 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,418 | 68 | #2,007 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,504 | 47 | #2,596 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,781 | 28 | #3,747 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,269 | 29 | #3,668 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,890 | 28 | #3,713 |
| 2006 | — | — | 23 | #4,127 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,179 | 17 | #4,874 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,101 |
| 2003 | — | — | 18 | #4,470 |
| 2002 | — | — | 18 | #4,360 |
| 2001 | — | — | 9 | #7,058 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,679 | 19 | #4,099 |
| 1999 | — | — | 17 | #4,199 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,479 | 18 | #3,885 |
| 1997 | — | — | 22 | #3,277 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,258 | 22 | #3,227 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,011 | 15 | #4,102 |
| 1994 | — | — | 15 | #4,140 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,809 | 10 | #5,443 |
| 1992 | — | — | 17 | #3,646 |
| 1991 | — | — | 15 | #3,857 |
| 1990 | — | — | 14 | #4,025 |
| 1989 | — | — | 15 | #3,664 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,248 |
| 1987 | — | — | 19 | #2,750 |
| 1986 | — | — | 8 | #4,967 |
| 1985 | — | — | 8 | #4,807 |
| 1984 | — | — | 14 | #3,133 |
| 1983 | — | — | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1982 | — | — | 14 | #3,154 |
| 1981 | — | — | 9 | #4,238 |
| 1980 | — | — | 23 | #2,235 |
| 1979 | — | — | 23 | #2,176 |
| 1978 | — | — | 11 | #3,452 |
| 1977 | — | — | 12 | #3,247 |
| 1976 | — | — | 14 | #2,856 |
| 1975 | — | — | 16 | #2,557 |
| 1974 | — | — | 25 | #1,841 |
| 1973 | — | — | 24 | #1,833 |
| 1972 | — | — | 19 | #2,098 |
| 1971 | — | — | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1970 | — | — | 26 | #1,713 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,155 |
| 1968 | — | — | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1967 | — | — | 17 | #1,921 |
| 1966 | — | — | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1965 | — | — | 23 | #1,634 |
| 1964 | — | — | 36 | #1,317 |
| 1963 | — | — | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1962 | — | — | 28 | #1,488 |
| 1961 | — | — | 32 | #1,411 |
| 1960 | — | — | 24 | #1,666 |
| 1959 | — | — | 34 | #1,340 |
| 1958 | — | — | 46 | #1,137 |
| 1957 | — | — | 32 | #1,396 |
| 1956 | — | — | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1955 | — | — | 39 | #1,202 |
| 1954 | — | — | 43 | #1,141 |
| 1953 | — | — | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1952 | — | — | 32 | #1,328 |
| 1951 | — | — | 41 | #1,124 |
| 1950 | — | — | 38 | #1,170 |
| 1949 | — | — | 54 | #942 |
| 1948 | — | — | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,875 | 35 | #1,238 |
| 1946 | — | — | 38 | #1,133 |
| 1945 | — | — | 35 | #1,105 |
| 1944 | — | — | 39 | #1,058 |
| 1943 | — | — | 37 | #1,123 |
| 1942 | — | — | 42 | #1,039 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,651 | 40 | #1,021 |
| 1940 | — | — | 30 | #1,233 |
| 1939 | — | — | 35 | #1,091 |
| 1938 | — | — | 45 | #941 |
| 1937 | — | — | 41 | #991 |
| 1936 | — | — | 26 | #1,301 |
| 1935 | — | — | 35 | #1,104 |
| 1934 | — | — | 42 | #988 |
| 1933 | — | — | 43 | #964 |
| 1932 | — | — | 40 | #1,062 |
| 1931 | — | — | 41 | #1,051 |
| 1930 | — | — | 55 | #897 |
| 1929 | — | — | 49 | #963 |
| 1928 | — | — | 69 | #780 |
| 1927 | — | — | 75 | #757 |
| 1926 | — | — | 53 | #934 |
| 1925 | — | — | 59 | #874 |
| 1924 | — | — | 41 | #1,122 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,511 | 76 | #751 |
| 1922 | — | — | 81 | #731 |
| 1921 | — | — | 108 | #609 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,164 | 93 | #662 |
| 1919 | — | — | 107 | #581 |
| 1918 | — | — | 44 | #1,015 |
| 1917 | — | — | 36 | #1,120 |
| 1916 | — | — | 25 | #1,384 |
| 1915 | — | — | 32 | #1,145 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,452 |
| 1913 | — | — | 17 | #1,270 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,440 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,059 |
| 1910 | — | — | 12 | #943 |
| 1909 | — | — | 13 | #813 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,251 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #884 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,034 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,280 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,255 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #805 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #978 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,200 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,103 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,010 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #883 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,077 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #813 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #918 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,004 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,003 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #858 |
| 1883 | — | — | 9 | #656 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #863 |
| 1880 | — | — | 11 | #579 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).