Dempsey

Girl · recorded 1920–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.1 to 1)

  • #3,459in 2025
  • 1 in 36,528girls in 2025
  • +32%last ten years

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 32% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1920

0142719201946197319992025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 29 recorded years as a table
Dempsey, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19204
19235
19416
19473
19934
19953
19967
19985
20003
20053
20075
20086
20099
20105
201114
201210
201321
201417
201521
201614
201712
201815
201918
202015
202118
202217
202321
202418
202527

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
44
Rank in 2025
#3,459
How rare
1 in 36,528 girls
Since 1920
550

Most popular in 2025, at 27 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 32% per million girls born.

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