Kelsei

Peak · girls
1996 · 19 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
337
since 1988

Kelsei over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kelsei has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,065, 1996girls
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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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rankbirths
2025#11,9327
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2022#10,3839
2021#15,2515
2020#12,1427
2019#9,73610
2018#10,5459
2017#12,7137
2016#14,3316
2015#8,44713
2014#9,51711
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2012#12,1998
2011#12,1538
2010#14,9596
2009#9,37912
2008#10,08411
2007#12,6768
2006#13,6067
2005#14,5026
2004#9,26411
2003#7,99813
2002#8,28012
2001#7,72413
2000#9,16310
1999#10,3458
1998#8,01611
1997#6,48314
1996#5,06519
1995#8,7669
1994#8,12210
1993#6,62213
1992#6,65213
1991#6,25314
1990#11,4096
1989#10,8476
1988#11,7985
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First appearance
1988

The first year at least five girls were named Kelsei! It came in at #11,798, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2013, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kelsei is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Kelsei in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kelsei
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 210 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #11,932)
  • 3,485 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1988
  • Peaked 1996 at #5,065 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 92,264
  • Highest: 1 in 92,264 girls born in 1996 were named Kelsei (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 34.7% of all girls named Kelsei (117) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s11#10,847 (1989)#11,323
1990s117#5,065 (1996)#7,773
2000s103#7,724 (2001)#10,268
2010s78#8,447 (2015)#11,622
2020s28#10,383 (2022)#12,427

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.

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