Kelsey
#814 for girls in 2025, 335 births · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to girls 96.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 11,713 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 150,416since 1942
Kelsey over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #814 | 335 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #673 | 430 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #663 | 444 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #632 | 466 | #4,442 | 23 |
| 2021 | #623 | 477 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #525 | 574 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #470 | 664 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #420 | 740 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #396 | 788 | #4,935 | 19 |
| 2016 | #383 | 859 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #343 | 955 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #328 | 1,017 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #304 | 1,049 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #267 | 1,214 | #3,807 | 27 |
| 2011 | #254 | 1,266 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2010 | #233 | 1,349 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #212 | 1,521 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #195 | 1,716 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2007 | #201 | 1,699 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2006 | #185 | 1,898 | #2,542 | 47 |
| 2005 | #173 | 1,960 | #2,803 | 38 |
| 2004 | #148 | 2,198 | #1,748 | 72 |
| 2003 | #130 | 2,569 | #2,470 | 42 |
| 2002 | #118 | 2,883 | #2,092 | 51 |
| 2001 | #100 | 3,267 | #1,659 | 70 |
| 2000 | #88 | 3,669 | #1,768 | 62 |
| 1999 | #72 | 4,400 | #1,320 | 91 |
| 1998 | #56 | 5,551 | #1,231 | 99 |
| 1997 | #57 | 5,573 | #1,198 | 99 |
| 1996 | #36 | 7,655 | #930 | 140 |
| 1995 | #33 | 8,184 | #862 | 157 |
| 1994 | #29 | 9,749 | #827 | 166 |
| 1993 | #24 | 11,380 | #829 | 161 |
| 1992 | #23 | 11,713 | #802 | 169 |
| 1991 | #26 | 11,435 | #747 | 186 |
| 1990 | #32 | 9,494 | #726 | 197 |
| 1989 | #31 | 9,256 | #631 | 250 |
| 1988 | #64 | 5,452 | #649 | 213 |
| 1987 | #67 | 4,574 | #720 | 161 |
| 1986 | #112 | 2,517 | #769 | 140 |
| 1985 | #168 | 1,699 | #805 | 121 |
| 1984 | #177 | 1,555 | #784 | 122 |
| 1983 | #224 | 1,116 | #813 | 115 |
| 1982 | #310 | 791 | #865 | 106 |
| 1981 | #434 | 490 | #890 | 100 |
| 1980 | #601 | 308 | #920 | 94 |
| 1979 | #737 | 222 | #926 | 90 |
| 1978 | #887 | 164 | #945 | 84 |
| 1977 | #959 | 144 | #928 | 84 |
| 1976 | #1,055 | 116 | #832 | 101 |
| 1975 | #1,111 | 105 | #841 | 97 |
| 1974 | #1,239 | 88 | #953 | 73 |
| 1973 | #1,312 | 77 | #941 | 73 |
| 1972 | #1,325 | 76 | #943 | 73 |
| 1971 | #1,456 | 71 | #965 | 71 |
| 1970 | #1,828 | 48 | #940 | 72 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | #1,280 | 38 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 | #1,217 | 39 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #1,613 | 23 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #1,837 | 19 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #1,676 | 22 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | — | #2,080 | 12 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,423 | 11 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
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| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kelsey! It came in at #4,622, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1942–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kelsey
- 141 spots since 2024 (#673 → #814)
- 289 spots since 2020 (#525 → #814)
- 471 spots since 2015 (#343 → #814)
- Biggest jump: 167 spots in 1981 (#601 → #434)
- Biggest drop: 141 spots in 2025 (#673 → #814)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1992 at #23 (11,713 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1987–2001
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1977–2025
- Highest: 1 in 157 girls born in 1992 were named Kelsey (0.64%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,798 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 56.6% of all girls named Kelsey (85,134) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 41 | #3,593 (1948) | #4,152 |
| 1950s | 139 | #2,376 (1958) | #3,153 |
| 1960s | 226 | #1,835 (1969) | #2,737 |
| 1970s | 1,111 | #737 (1979) | #1,191 |
| 1980s | 27,758 | #31 (1989) | #219 |
| 1990s | 85,134 | #23 (1992) | #39 |
| 2000s | 23,380 | #88 (2000) | #155 |
| 2010s | 9,901 | #233 (2010) | #340 |
| 2020s | 2,726 | #525 (2020) | #655 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kelsey in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 10,647 of them was named Kelsey, which outranked 91.5% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #952Shantell145
- #952Tamekia145
- #952Tarah145
- #959Kelsey144
- #959Alexandria144
- #959Alycia144
- #959Kira144
- #965Adria143
- #965Cristal143
- #965Francis143
Tied with 5 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 19,562 of them was named Kelsey, which outranked 86.5% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).