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Kemper: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 21 in 2025. Its best rank was #4,933 in 2023.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #4,933 in 2023; #5,824 in 2025. About 60% of babies named Kemper in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,824 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2023, at #4,933.
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Kemper: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 21 girls in 2025. Peak: #4,933 in 2023 · most girls in one year: 27 (2023).
In 2025, 21 US girls were named Kemper, making it the 5,824th most common girls’ name of the year, up 705 places from #6,529 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 18 girls named Kemper in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #4,933, reached in 2023. That year also had the most girls given the name: 27. For comparison, it was #9,817 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 14 US boys were named Kemper, making it the 6,288th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2,023 places from #4,265 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 25 boys named Kemper in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,884, reached in 1947. The most boys given the name in a single year was 70, in 2009. For comparison, it was #2,399 in 2015 and #3,186 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kemper in 100 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 5 babies. In all, 1,899 US babies have been given the name, 16% of them girls and 84% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 588 babies named Kemper.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 176 US girls were named Kemper; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 27. In 2025 that was about 1 in 76,537 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,824 | 14 | #6,288 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,529 | 25 | #4,265 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,933 | 32 | #3,595 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,584 | 29 | #3,827 |
| 2021 | 20 | #6,069 | 20 | #4,861 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,761 | 26 | #3,974 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,535 | 24 | #4,285 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,374 | 39 | #3,026 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,950 | 43 | #2,823 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,636 | 39 | #3,036 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,817 | 54 | #2,399 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,714 | 42 | #2,833 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,885 | 50 | #2,482 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,939 | 60 | #2,196 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,909 | 48 | #2,567 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,252 | 53 | #2,386 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,481 | 70 | #1,998 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,216 | 44 | #2,770 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,311 | 49 | #2,551 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,356 | 57 | #2,236 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,866 | 58 | #2,121 |
| 2004 | — | — | 55 | #2,147 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,815 | 15 | #5,163 |
| 2002 | — | — | 11 | #6,324 |
| 2001 | — | — | 13 | #5,532 |
| 2000 | — | — | 8 | #7,841 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,527 | 10 | #6,288 |
| 1998 | — | — | 10 | #6,082 |
| 1997 | — | — | 13 | #4,818 |
| 1996 | — | — | 10 | #5,782 |
| 1995 | — | — | 12 | #4,966 |
| 1994 | — | — | 7 | #7,384 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,221 |
| 1992 | — | — | 11 | #5,077 |
| 1991 | — | — | 12 | #4,632 |
| 1990 | — | — | 7 | #6,824 |
| 1988 | — | — | 7 | #6,139 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #7,586 |
| 1986 | — | — | 9 | #4,674 |
| 1985 | — | — | 12 | #3,701 |
| 1984 | — | — | 5 | #6,857 |
| 1983 | — | — | 8 | #4,715 |
| 1982 | — | — | 5 | #6,882 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #6,560 |
| 1978 | — | — | 7 | #4,800 |
| 1975 | — | — | 8 | #4,128 |
| 1973 | — | — | 10 | #3,331 |
| 1972 | — | — | 7 | #4,213 |
| 1971 | — | — | 11 | #3,067 |
| 1970 | — | — | 8 | #3,682 |
| 1968 | — | — | 8 | #3,244 |
| 1967 | — | — | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1966 | — | — | 7 | #3,385 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1964 | — | — | 7 | #3,455 |
| 1963 | — | — | 10 | #2,772 |
| 1962 | — | — | 11 | #2,591 |
| 1961 | — | — | 7 | #3,520 |
| 1960 | — | — | 11 | #2,612 |
| 1959 | — | — | 7 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | — | — | 5 | #4,235 |
| 1957 | — | — | 8 | #3,146 |
| 1956 | — | — | 7 | #3,375 |
| 1955 | — | — | 10 | #2,673 |
| 1954 | — | — | 15 | #2,082 |
| 1953 | — | — | 8 | #3,041 |
| 1951 | — | — | 7 | #3,217 |
| 1950 | — | — | 7 | #3,186 |
| 1949 | — | — | 7 | #3,157 |
| 1948 | — | — | 6 | #3,495 |
| 1947 | — | — | 17 | #1,884 |
| 1946 | — | — | 8 | #2,807 |
| 1944 | — | — | 10 | #2,389 |
| 1943 | — | — | 6 | #3,396 |
| 1942 | — | — | 5 | #3,836 |
| 1941 | — | — | 8 | #2,775 |
| 1940 | — | — | 11 | #2,248 |
| 1937 | — | — | 7 | #3,044 |
| 1936 | — | — | 5 | #3,823 |
| 1935 | — | — | 7 | #3,114 |
| 1934 | — | — | 7 | #3,146 |
| 1932 | — | — | 5 | #4,048 |
| 1931 | — | — | 5 | #4,060 |
| 1930 | — | — | 6 | #3,813 |
| 1929 | — | — | 8 | #3,119 |
| 1928 | — | — | 6 | #3,936 |
| 1927 | — | — | 9 | #3,032 |
| 1926 | — | — | 8 | #3,267 |
| 1924 | — | — | 8 | #3,383 |
| 1923 | — | — | 11 | #2,701 |
| 1922 | — | — | 5 | #4,655 |
| 1921 | — | — | 12 | #2,561 |
| 1920 | — | — | 9 | #3,086 |
| 1919 | — | — | 13 | #2,329 |
| 1918 | — | — | 13 | #2,333 |
| 1917 | — | — | 6 | #3,766 |
| 1916 | — | — | 7 | #3,350 |
| 1915 | — | — | 13 | #2,123 |
| 1913 | — | — | 6 | #2,652 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,734 |
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).