Dempsey

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dempsey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dempsey: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,591, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1591highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1958
1999	#3225
2000	#2746
2002	#2301
2003	#4373
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#5201
2008	#3860
2009	#3936
2012	#4171
2013	#3536
2014	#5691
2017	#3583
2019	#4001
2020	#5493
2023	#4056
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1591 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dempsey appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 203 births with the name.

Dempsey across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dempsey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#1591 (1996)	#2671 (2024)	28 of 29	203 (1996–2024)	14 (2010)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1958 (1997)	#5891 (2024)	19 of 29	91 (1996–2024)	8 (1997)

Dempsey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dempsey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000s	55	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	87	10 of 10	9
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dempsey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1591 in England and Wales in 1996.

Dempsey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,591, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Billy-Ray · #1591, 24y
Deri · #1591, 25y
Keano · #1591, 27y
Laine · #1591, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Billy-Ray · #1591, 24y
Deri · #1591, 25y
Fidel · #1591, 20y
Keano · #1591, 27y

Dempsey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dempsey without appearing here.

Dempsey moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1620 and #3865.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #5765.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Dempsey

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2449.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2301 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1472.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.

Moved the opposite way to Dempsey

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dempsey went from #2350 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dempsey went from #1591 to #2671 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dempsey went from #1591 to #2671 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dempsey went from #1591 to #2671 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.

Moved the same way as Dempsey

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dempsey went from #1591 to #2671 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dempsey went from #2350 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dempsey went from #1591 to #2671 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dempsey went from #2350 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1591 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dempsey

Dempsey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dempsey across 2 official records

Dempsey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dempsey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Dempsey and the names beside it

Dempsey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dempsey

Moved the opposite way to Dempsey

Moved the same way as Dempsey

Dempsey at a glance

Dempsey across 2 official records

Dempsey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dempsey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Dempsey and the names beside it

Dempsey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dempsey

Moved the opposite way to Dempsey

Moved the same way as Dempsey