Kempton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEMP-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Kempton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Kempton mean?
English: from the English place name and surname Kempton
An English surname taken from place names such as Kempton Park in Surrey, site of a well-known racecourse.
Is Kempton a girl's or a boy's name?
Kempton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kempton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Kempton, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more boys named Kempton than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kempton in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kempton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Kempton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Deacon, Kingston, Cannon, Kayden, Keaton, Kian, Koen, Tru, Kairo, Aiden, Kyson, Keegan
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kempton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kempton, updated 20 October 2026.