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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #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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1960#4,4379#3,6656
1959#6,2455#3,9885
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1950#4,7386#3,3296
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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
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1919#4,2516#2,8779
1918#3,8697#3,7286
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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 2017

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedMINew York: #1,278 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,000 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedINOhio: #1,271 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,629 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,118 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,306 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,006 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,994 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,639 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 13,050 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,069 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,005 girlsVAMaryland: #894 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,655 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,242 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,564 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #744 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,551 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #549 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,249 girlsOKLouisiana: #829 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,977 girlsLAMississippi: #547 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,184 girlsMSAlabama: #566 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,397 girlsALGeorgia: #822 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,284 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsie, so not publishedHITexas: #1,666 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 12,298 girlsTXFlorida: #956 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,731 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#547 · 1 in 2,184
  2. Oklahoma#549 · 1 in 2,249
  3. Alabama#566 · 1 in 2,397
  4. South Carolina#744 · 1 in 3,551
  5. Georgia#822 · 1 in 4,284

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#54751 in 2,184
Oklahoma#54971 in 2,249
Alabama#56681 in 2,397
South Carolina#74451 in 3,551
Georgia#822111 in 4,284
Louisiana#82951 in 3,977
Maryland#89451 in 4,655
Florida#956151 in 5,731
New Jersey#1,00661 in 5,994
Virginia#1,06961 in 6,005
Pennsylvania#1,11871 in 7,306
North Carolina#1,24261 in 7,564
Ohio#1,27161 in 8,629
New York#1,278111 in 8,000
California#1,639151 in 13,050
Texas#1,666131 in 12,298
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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 2017

girls
#1,321
176 births · 1 in 9,809 girls

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #1,321Kelsie176
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 9,809 of them was named Kelsie, which outranked 92.8% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kelsie
  1. #1,317Bernadette177
  2. #1,317Betty177
  3. #1,317Soraya177
  4. #1,321Kelsie176
  5. #1,321Ayah176
  6. #1,321Calla176
  7. #1,321Dina176
  8. #1,331Audra175
  9. #1,331Haddie175
  10. #1,331Merritt175

Tied with 9 names at #1,321; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →