Dempsey

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.1 to 1)

  • #2,991in 2025
  • 1 in 41,660boys in 2025
  • −36%last ten years

Most popular in 1919.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05510918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 138 recorded years as a table
Dempsey, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880100
188253
188386
188556
188645
188945
189054
189149
189266
189345
189460
189650
189744
190040
190156
190375
190439
190538
190653
190768
190839
190979
191062
191149
191228
191333
191427
191538
191628
191739
191843
1919109
192087
192198
192274
192369
192436
192553
192648
192767
192862
192946
193050
193139
193238
193343
193441
193534
193625
193738
193841
193932
194026
194133
194230
194326
194429
194526
194623
194719
194827
194930
195021
195122
195216
195316
195421
195519
195615
195715
195822
195916
196011
196115
196214
196310
196418
196512
196610
196710
196813
19699
197014
19716
197212
197315
197416
197510
19769
19777
19787
197913
198013
19815
19828
19837
19848
19854
19864
198710
19888
19897
19907
19917
19929
19935
19948
19958
199612
199712
19989
19999
200010
20015
20029
20039
20045
20059
200611
200713
200814
200914
201024
201136
201233
201341
201449
201538
201637
201736
201830
201935
202030
202140
202230
202334
202426
202524

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dempsey isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
41
Rank in 2025
#2,991
How rare
1 in 41,660 boys
Since 1880
4,249

Most popular in 1919, at 109 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 36% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.