Kemp is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1957 and has grown less common since.
Kemp is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,954 for boy births in the United States (and #10,466 across all names), given to 20 babies. Kemp was first reported in SSA data in 1898 and peaked in 1957 (31 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | #4,954 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | #6,043 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | #6,727 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | #10,351 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | #13,156 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | #8,414 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | #13,176 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #6,931 |
| 2017 | 17 | 17 | #5,415 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | #6,946 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | #6,157 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | #7,313 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | #6,088 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | #9,316 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | #9,211 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | #9,260 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | #8,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | #7,363 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | #6,695 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | #6,437 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10 | #7,293 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #10,270 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #8,957 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | #9,948 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #9,339 |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | #5,664 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #5,486 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #6,828 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | #4,965 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #5,688 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | #6,559 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #9,156 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | #5,303 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #6,145 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #4,675 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #5,468 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #5,220 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | #4,673 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #5,285 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #4,714 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #4,818 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | #4,749 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #6,784 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,642 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,370 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | #4,395 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #4,688 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #5,917 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | #2,514 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | #2,791 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #3,067 |
| 1971 | 14 | — | #2,630 |
| 1970 | 13 | — | #2,684 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | #2,259 |
| 1968 | 16 | — | #2,073 |
| 1967 | 15 | — | #2,086 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | #2,286 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | #1,794 |
| 1964 | 22 | — | #1,715 |
| 1963 | 25 | — | #1,611 |
| 1962 | 24 | — | #1,649 |
| 1961 | 18 | — | #1,975 |
| 1960 | 24 | — | #1,671 |
| 1959 | 17 | — | #2,011 |
| 1958 | 14 | — | #2,221 |
| 1957 | 31 | — | #1,420 |
| 1956 | 17 | — | #1,984 |
| 1955 | 23 | — | #1,630 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | #1,859 |
| 1953 | 18 | — | #1,869 |
| 1952 | 19 | — | #1,781 |
| 1951 | 15 | — | #2,013 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #2,903 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | #1,983 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #2,530 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | #2,438 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | #2,091 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #2,068 |
| 1944 | 12 | — | #2,129 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,034 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | #2,098 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | #2,568 |
| 1939 | 11 | — | #2,232 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,357 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,584 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #2,536 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | #2,626 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | #2,482 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | #2,158 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | #2,742 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #2,776 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | #2,370 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #2,859 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | #2,756 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,031 |
| 1925 | 12 | — | #2,514 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #2,558 |
| 1923 | 16 | — | #2,074 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #2,718 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #2,897 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | #2,181 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,328 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | #2,466 |
| 1917 | 14 | — | #2,137 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #2,829 |
| 1915 | 19 | — | #1,632 |
| 1914 | 10 | — | #2,194 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,054 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | #1,317 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,224 |