Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Dempsey

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dempsey
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

108

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

58.3%

2024

All-time

4,208

Dempsey has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 108 boys were named Dempsey.

In 2024, only 45 boys were given the name.

Down 58.3% from its peak.

All told, about 4,208 Americans have been named Dempsey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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