How Many People Are Named Kemp?
people named Kemp are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 403,048 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,306 babies named Kemp in Social Security records from 1898 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
31 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname derived from Middle English kempe meaning "champion, athlete, warrior".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kemp in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kemp alive today is about 43 years old, and 35% are under 30. Half of them were between 20 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kemp first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1957, to 31 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kemp has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,223, in 1898. In 2025 it ranked #4,953.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,953 |
| Best rank | #1,223 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,847 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kemp alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kemp were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kemp was given about 31.5 times as often in North Carolina.
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