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
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 1,222 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,591since 1908
Kelsie over time
Rank among girls' names. Kelsie has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #2,239 | 82 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,303 | 80 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,802 | 112 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,659 | 127 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,910 | 103 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,860 | 104 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,465 | 150 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,367 | 165 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,321 | 176 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,110 | 229 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,135 | 223 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,125 | 225 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,121 | 216 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,065 | 236 | — | |
| 2011 | #938 | 275 | — | |
| 2010 | #851 | 315 | — | |
| 2009 | #854 | 326 | — | |
| 2008 | #787 | 373 | — | |
| 2007 | #732 | 398 | — | |
| 2006 | #762 | 360 | — | |
| 2005 | #758 | 351 | — | |
| 2004 | #638 | 428 | — | |
| 2003 | #594 | 460 | — | |
| 2002 | #538 | 510 | — | |
| 2001 | #514 | 525 | — | |
| 2000 | #441 | 641 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #411 | 677 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #351 | 828 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #332 | 860 | — | |
| 1996 | #283 | 1,024 | — | |
| 1995 | #274 | 1,000 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #258 | 1,089 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #230 | 1,222 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #250 | 1,116 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #267 | 1,038 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #321 | 856 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #333 | 760 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #519 | 426 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #575 | 345 | — | |
| 1986 | #750 | 231 | — | |
| 1985 | #981 | 156 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,051 | 134 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,150 | 115 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,510 | 79 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #1,568 | 75 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,246 | 44 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,408 | 12 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#85 · 1 in 361
- Utah#91 · 1 in 420
- Idaho#93 · 1 in 395
- Montana#107 · 1 in 399
- Iowa#122 · 1 in 610
Best ever in a state: #64 in Idaho, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #85 | 14 | 1 in 361 |
| Utah | #91 | 32 | 1 in 420 |
| Idaho | #93 | 13 | 1 in 395 |
| Montana | #107 | 9 | 1 in 399 |
| Iowa | #122 | 26 | 1 in 610 |
| South Dakota | #137 | 6 | 1 in 612 |
| North Dakota | #140 | 6 | 1 in 626 |
| Nebraska | #142 | 13 | 1 in 701 |
| Missouri | #148 | 39 | 1 in 834 |
| Washington | #148 | 36 | 1 in 819 |
| Oregon | #176 | 18 | 1 in 893 |
| Indiana | #196 | 29 | 1 in 1,184 |
| Colorado | #211 | 18 | 1 in 1,143 |
| Kansas | #212 | 12 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Minnesota | #229 | 19 | 1 in 1,489 |
| Ohio | #240 | 44 | 1 in 1,587 |
| Kentucky | #259 | 12 | 1 in 1,774 |
| Louisiana | #279 | 16 | 1 in 1,610 |
| West Virginia | #279 | 5 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Tennessee | #303 | 15 | 1 in 1,986 |
| New Mexico | #317 | 6 | 1 in 1,526 |
| Oklahoma | #319 | 9 | 1 in 1,916 |
| Texas | #338 | 65 | 1 in 2,052 |
| Pennsylvania | #355 | 28 | 1 in 2,565 |
| Massachusetts | #361 | 15 | 1 in 2,566 |
| Michigan | #418 | 19 | 1 in 3,181 |
| Virginia | #423 | 12 | 1 in 3,092 |
| South Carolina | #457 | 6 | 1 in 3,300 |
| Illinois | #462 | 24 | 1 in 3,221 |
| Florida | #481 | 22 | 1 in 3,501 |
| California | #485 | 79 | 1 in 3,088 |
| Arizona | #499 | 8 | 1 in 3,179 |
| Wisconsin | #545 | 6 | 1 in 4,883 |
| North Carolina | #552 | 9 | 1 in 4,520 |
| Alabama | #591 | 5 | 1 in 4,534 |
| Georgia | #632 | 8 | 1 in 5,231 |
| Maryland | #632 | 5 | 1 in 5,541 |
| New Jersey | #682 | 8 | 1 in 5,999 |
| New York | #802 | 17 | 1 in 6,987 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1993 at #230 (1,222 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1985–2011
- 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%)
- 49.6% of all girls named Kelsie (9,710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,101 (1908) | #2,101 |
| 1910s | 18 | #2,398 (1910) | #3,506 |
| 1920s | 29 | #2,899 (1920) | #4,076 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,218 (1933) | #4,218 |
| 1940s | 16 | #2,817 (1942) | #3,687 |
| 1950s | 11 | #4,738 (1950) | #5,492 |
| 1960s | 40 | #3,774 (1969) | #5,400 |
| 1970s | 202 | #2,477 (1979) | #3,948 |
| 1980s | 2,365 | #333 (1989) | #1,068 |
| 1990s | 9,710 | #230 (1993) | #298 |
| 2000s | 4,372 | #441 (2000) | #662 |
| 2010s | 2,210 | #851 (2010) | #1,150 |
| 2020s | 608 | #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 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 2,426 of them was named Kelsie, which outranked 97.7% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 285,847 of them was named Kelsie, which outranked 32.5% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,615Zeshan8
- #5,615Zeus8
- #5,615Zong8
- #6,229Kelsie7
- #6,229Aarin7
- #6,229Aaryn7
- #6,229Abby7
- #6,941Aaran6
- #6,941Abayomi6
- #6,941Abrham6
Tied with 711 names at #6,229; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.