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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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
1968
1967#5,4577
1966#6,5645
1965
1964#6,7675
1963#3,0448
1962
1961
1960#4,4379#3,6656
1959#6,2455#3,9885
1958
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1953
1952
1951#3,0667
1950#4,7386#3,3296
1949
1948#3,0107
1947#3,3706
1946
1945#4,5565#2,7437
1944#3,1096
1943
1942#2,81711#3,2126
1941#3,1336
1940
1939#3,4805
1938
1937#3,1756
1936
1935#3,2526
1934#2,39310
1933#4,2185#3,6425
1932#3,3616
1931#3,0957
1930#2,7819
1929
1928#3,3577
1927#2,40812
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
1913#1,80310
1912#2,5445
1911
1910#2,3985#1,5895
1909
1908#2,1015
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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.

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 1994

girls
#258
1,089 births · 1 in 1,640 girls
boys
#7,770
6 births · 1 in 322,005 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #258Kelsie1,089

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #7,770Kelsie6
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 1,640 of them was named Kelsie, which outranked 98.4% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kelsie
  1. #255Teresa1,098
  2. #256Ashlyn1,093
  3. #256Tiara1,093
  4. #258Kelsie1,089
  5. #259Celeste1,079
  6. #260Alissa1,078
  7. #261Britney1,067
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 4,523Nohely#5,419#896
  2. 4,322Aaliyah#4,524#202
  3. 2,306Zana#3,108#802
  4. 1,711Aliyah#2,068#357
  5. 1,430Zhane#2,012#582
Fallers
  1. 1,015Coraima#875#1,890
  2. 799Kalene#929#1,728
  3. 656Deyanira#938#1,594
  4. 577Crysta#968#1,545
  5. 562Hilary#647#1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 322,005 of them was named Kelsie, which outranked 24.2% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kelsie
  1. #6,968Zeyad7
  2. #6,968Zia7
  3. #6,968Zuberi7
  4. #7,770Kelsie6
  5. #7,770Aadam6
  6. #7,770Aakeem6
  7. #7,770Aaliyah6
  8. #8,800Aarik5
  9. #8,800Aarren5
  10. #8,800Aashish5

Tied with 1,029 names at #7,770; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 1,574Tyrin#2,509#935
  2. 714River#1,638#924
  3. 472Bryton#1,460#988
  4. 463Kahlil#1,444#981
  5. 446Jayden#1,295#849
Fallers
  1. 551Garth#965#1,516
  2. 364Jordy#828#1,192
  3. 342Montel#889#1,231
  4. 289Darrel#889#1,178
  5. 245Deante#859#1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994