Kelsi

#3,903 for girls in 2025, 37 births

Peak · girls
1991 · 624 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,151
since 1969

Kelsi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kelsi has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #410, 1991girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,90337
2024#3,22549
2023#4,04736
2022#3,22050
2021#2,95856
2020#2,46870
2019#2,33177
2018#1,813112
2017#1,954102
2016#2,22186
2015#2,31880
2014#1,794114
2013#2,05294
2012#2,02895
2011#1,577138
2010#1,688125
2009#1,432163
2008#1,573145
2007#1,224204
2006#1,260190
2005#1,239183
2004#1,258172
2003#1,079205
2002#909245
2001#810290
2000#753304
1999#686330
1998#521483
1997#495500
1996#473520
1995#493501
1994#519481
1993#455548
1992#436575
1991#410624
1990#496492
1989#527441
1988#662292
1987#785226
1986#1,057142
1985#1,226112
1984#1,27998
1983#1,58570
1982#1,73564
1981#2,77432
1980#2,69934
1979#2,47737
1978#3,38822
1977#3,26723
1976#3,00224
1975#3,40420
1974#3,86316
1973#8,4235
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1971#4,81011
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1969#6,6176
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five girls were named Kelsi! It came in at #6,617, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kelsi is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedNHWashington: #241 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsWAIdaho: #153 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 669 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #258 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,746 girlsMNIllinois: #501 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,569 girlsILWisconsin: #465 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,667 girlsWIMichigan: #644 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,679 girlsMINew York: #1,392 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 15,257 girlsNYMassachusetts: #740 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,747 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedRIOregon: #272 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,526 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedSDIowa: #179 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 940 girlsIAIndiana: #237 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,529 girlsINOhio: #527 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,431 girlsOHPennsylvania: #525 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,537 girlsPANew Jersey: #767 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,852 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #822 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 6,729 girlsCAUtah: #181 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 847 girlsUTColorado: #379 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,308 girlsCONebraska: #242 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,313 girlsNEMissouri: #237 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,564 girlsMOKentucky: #211 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,328 girlsKYWest Virginia: #200 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,098 girlsWVVirginia: #785 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,557 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedDEArizona: #755 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,252 girlsAZNew Mexico: #335 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,547 girlsNMKansas: #192 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 997 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedARTennessee: #415 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,019 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #332 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,939 girlsOKLouisiana: #395 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,307 girlsLAMississippi: #399 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,296 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsi, so not publishedHITexas: #384 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 2,372 girlsTXFlorida: #596 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,396 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#153 · 1 in 669
  2. Iowa#179 · 1 in 940
  3. Utah#181 · 1 in 847
  4. Kansas#192 · 1 in 997
  5. West Virginia#200 · 1 in 1,098

Best ever in a state: #99 in Idaho, 1988.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#15381 in 669
Iowa#179171 in 940
Utah#181161 in 847
Kansas#192141 in 997
West Virginia#20081 in 1,098
Kentucky#211161 in 1,328
Indiana#237231 in 1,529
Missouri#237211 in 1,564
Washington#241231 in 1,344
Nebraska#24271 in 1,313
Minnesota#258161 in 1,746
Oregon#272111 in 1,526
Oklahoma#33291 in 1,939
New Mexico#33561 in 1,547
Colorado#37991 in 2,308
Texas#384581 in 2,372
Louisiana#395111 in 2,307
Mississippi#39961 in 2,296
Tennessee#415101 in 3,019
Wisconsin#46581 in 3,667
Illinois#501221 in 3,569
Pennsylvania#525161 in 4,537
Ohio#527161 in 4,431
Florida#596181 in 4,396
Michigan#644111 in 5,679
Massachusetts#74051 in 7,747
Arizona#75551 in 5,252
New Jersey#76771 in 6,852
Virginia#78551 in 7,557
California#822391 in 6,729
New York#1,39281 in 15,257
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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 Kelsi
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 678 spots since 2024 (#3,225 → #3,903)
  • 1,435 spots since 2020 (#2,468 → #3,903)
  • 1,585 spots since 2015 (#2,318 → #3,903)
  • Biggest jump: 272 spots in 1987 (#1,057 → #785)
  • Biggest drop: 170 spots in 2003 (#909 → #1,079)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 1991 at #410 (624 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1987–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,005
  • Highest: 1 in 3,005 girls born in 1991 were named Kelsi (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 43,440 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 49.8% of all girls named Kelsi (5,054) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#6,617 (1969)#6,617
1970s158#2,477 (1979)#4,079
1980s1,511#527 (1989)#1,433
1990s5,054#410 (1991)#498
2000s2,101#753 (2000)#1,154
2010s1,023#1,577 (2011)#1,978
2020s298#2,468 (2020)#3,304

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.

Kelsi in 1990

girls
#496
492 births · 1 in 3,859 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #496Kelsi492
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 3,859 of them was named Kelsi, which outranked 96.7% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kelsi
  1. #493Latisha495
  2. #494Norma494
  3. #494Tricia494
  4. #496Kelsi492
  5. #497Maureen491
  6. #498Breanne489
  7. #499Shantel486
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →