Kempton

#7,957 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning not yet documented

Kempton has been given to 292 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #7,957 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Kempton, 2025

1 in 332,000

Kempton over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

How common is Kempton?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,957
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kempton sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kempton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kemptons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kempton was born before 2005 — so the typical Kempton is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
29.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
56.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
247
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Choose a decade

2010s — 29.8% of all recorded uses (87).

Is Kempton rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−150
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,079
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2013 (15)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,315
1923

Spellings of Kempton

Kempton is not the most common spelling — Keaton is, with 44.6% against Kempton's 0.59%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kempton by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,957
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 150
Best rank ever
#3,315
1923
Peak year
2013
15 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
292
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Kempton

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Sibling names for Kempton

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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