Kelsie

#2,239 for girls in 2025, 82 births · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #10,349
Given to girls 98.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1993 · 1,222 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,591
since 1908

Kelsie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kelsie has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #230, 1993girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#2,23982—
2024#2,30380—
2023#1,802112—
2022#1,659127—
2021#1,910103—
2020#1,860104—
2019#1,465150—
2018#1,367165—
2017#1,321176—
2016#1,110229—
2015#1,135223—
2014#1,125225—
2013#1,121216—
2012#1,065236—
2011#938275—
2010#851315—
2009#854326—
2008#787373—
2007#732398—
2006#762360—
2005#758351—
2004#638428—
2003#594460—
2002#538510—
2001#514525—
2000#441641#10,3495
1999#411677#6,5309
1998#351828#9,6315
1997#332860—
1996#2831,024—
1995#2741,000#8,8685
1994#2581,089#7,7706
1993#2301,222#7,6386
1992#2501,116#5,6609
1991#2671,038#5,9428
1990#321856#5,8238
1989#333760#6,2297
1988#519426#6,4266
1987#575345—
1986#750231—
1985#981156—
1984#1,051134—
1983#1,150115—
1982#1,51079#6,3855
1981#1,56875—
1980#2,24644#5,5256
1979#2,47737#5,3556
1978#2,80129#4,5547
1977#3,76119—
1976#3,54019—
1975#2,68028—
1974#2,75726—
1973#8,4235—
1972#4,52312—
1971#4,81011—
1970#3,71216—
1969#3,77414—
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1967#5,4577—
1966#6,5645—
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1964#6,7675—
1963—#3,0448
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1960#4,4379#3,6656
1959#6,2455#3,9885
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1950#4,7386#3,3296
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1930—#2,7819
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1926—#4,2015
1925#4,4266#3,7416
1924—#3,0239
1923#3,9717#4,2395
1922#5,0095#2,34713
1921—#4,3225
1920#2,89911—
1919#4,2516#2,8779
1918#3,8697#3,7286
1917—#3,9815
1916—#3,5166
1915—#3,0827
1914—#2,4578
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First appearance
1908

The first year at least five girls were named Kelsie! It came in at #2,101, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1908–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kelsie is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedNHWashington: #215 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,182 girlsWAIdaho: #218 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,038 girlsIDMontana: #172 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 765 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #160 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 797 girlsNDMinnesota: #165 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,038 girlsMNIllinois: #480 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,629 girlsILWisconsin: #415 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,619 girlsWIMichigan: #679 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,441 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedRIOregon: #443 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,063 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedSDIowa: #176 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,042 girlsIAIndiana: #312 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,141 girlsINOhio: #744 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,463 girlsOHPennsylvania: #949 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,536 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #933 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 8,605 girlsCAUtah: #115 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 536 girlsUTColorado: #388 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,624 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #370 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,840 girlsMOKentucky: #370 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,983 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedDEArizona: #417 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,443 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedNMKansas: #232 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,292 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #613 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,385 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedGAHawaii: #126 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 485 girlsHITexas: #579 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 4,296 girlsTXFlorida: #770 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,942 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#115 · 1 in 536
  2. Hawaii#126 · 1 in 485
  3. North Dakota#160 · 1 in 797
  4. Minnesota#165 · 1 in 1,038
  5. Montana#172 · 1 in 765

Best ever in a state: #64 in Idaho, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#115251 in 536
Hawaii#126101 in 485
North Dakota#16051 in 797
Minnesota#165261 in 1,038
Montana#17251 in 765
Iowa#176151 in 1,042
Washington#215231 in 1,182
Idaho#21851 in 1,038
Kansas#232111 in 1,292
Indiana#312151 in 2,141
Kentucky#37071 in 2,983
Missouri#370111 in 2,840
Colorado#38881 in 2,624
Wisconsin#41581 in 3,619
Arizona#417101 in 2,443
Oregon#44351 in 3,063
Illinois#480201 in 3,629
Texas#579301 in 4,296
Louisiana#61361 in 4,385
Michigan#67991 in 6,441
Ohio#74481 in 8,463
Florida#770101 in 6,942
California#933251 in 8,605
Pennsylvania#94961 in 11,536
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kelsie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 64 spots since 2024 (#2,303 → #2,239)
  • 379 spots since 2020 (#1,860 → #2,239)
  • 1,104 spots since 2015 (#1,135 → #2,239)
  • Biggest jump: 231 spots in 1986 (#981 → #750)
  • Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2012 (#938 → #1,065)
Rise & fade · girls
85 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 1993 at #230 (1,222 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1985–2011
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,480
  • Highest: 1 in 1,480 girls born in 1993 were named Kelsie (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,601 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 49.6% of all girls named Kelsie (9,710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#2,101 (1908)#2,101
1910s18#2,398 (1910)#3,506
1920s29#2,899 (1920)#4,076
1930s5#4,218 (1933)#4,218
1940s16#2,817 (1942)#3,687
1950s11#4,738 (1950)#5,492
1960s40#3,774 (1969)#5,400
1970s202#2,477 (1979)#3,948
1980s2,365#333 (1989)#1,068
1990s9,710#230 (1993)#298
2000s4,372#441 (2000)#662
2010s2,210#851 (2010)#1,150
2020s608#1,659 (2022)#1,962

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.

Kelsie in 1987

girls
#575
345 births · 1 in 5,040 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #575Kelsie345
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 5,040 of them was named Kelsie, which outranked 95.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kelsie
  1. #572Desirae347
  2. #573Kali346
  3. #573Luz346
  4. #575Kelsie345
  5. #575Janine345
  6. #577Gabriella344
  7. #578Antonia343
  8. #578Jeannette343

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987 →