# Dempsey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dempsey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,799 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,249 / 550 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 303, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 5,418 |
| 2012 | 18 | 6,944 |
| 2013 | 37 | 4,025 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4,687 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,012 |
| 2016 | 24 | 5,495 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,885 |
| 2018 | 26 | 5,048 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,574 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,050 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4,649 |
| 2022 | 28 | 4,827 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,214 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4,693 |
| 2025 | 44 | 3,479 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 2,007 |
| 2012 | 62 | 2,161 |
| 2013 | 77 | 1,854 |
| 2014 | 94 | 1,644 |
| 2015 | 72 | 2,003 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2,015 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,097 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,397 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,238 |
| 2020 | 51 | 2,520 |
| 2021 | 70 | 2,082 |
| 2022 | 52 | 2,596 |
| 2023 | 59 | 2,348 |
| 2024 | 45 | 2,841 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,004 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Dempsey

- Dempsey Bryk, actor
- Kiefer Sutherland, British-Canadian actor (born 1966)
- Trace Cyrus, American musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.