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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kemp” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kemp” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kemp” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kemp” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kemp” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kemp” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kemp” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kemp” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 -100%
1915 19 0.000010369 19 -100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 -100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 -100%
1954 18 0.000004522 18 -100%
1955 23 0.000005728 23 -100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 31 0.000007377 31 -100%
1958 14 0.000003387 14 -100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 -100%
1960 24 0.000005778 24 -100%
1961 18 0.000004345 18 -100%
1962 24 0.000005947 24 -100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 -100%
1964 22 0.000005659 22 -100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 -100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 -100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 -100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 -100%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 -100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 -100%
2024 15 0.000004507 15 -100%

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