Kelson
- #3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,404since 1962
Kelson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kelson has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,757 | 29 |
| 2024 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #3,416 | 34 |
| 2022 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #3,651 | 30 |
| 2020 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #3,055 | 38 |
| 2017 | #3,123 | 37 |
| 2016 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #3,085 | 37 |
| 2014 | #2,516 | 49 |
| 2013 | #2,528 | 48 |
| 2012 | #2,905 | 40 |
| 2011 | #2,798 | 42 |
| 2010 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #2,560 | 49 |
| 2008 | #3,057 | 38 |
| 2007 | #2,868 | 41 |
| 2006 | #2,979 | 37 |
| 2005 | #2,399 | 48 |
| 2004 | #2,697 | 39 |
| 2003 | #2,507 | 41 |
| 2002 | #2,755 | 34 |
| 2001 | #2,742 | 34 |
| 2000 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #2,613 | 30 |
| 1996 | #2,254 | 36 |
| 1995 | #2,500 | 30 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #2,143 | 34 |
| 1990 | #1,968 | 38 |
| 1989 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #2,090 | 30 |
| 1987 | #1,974 | 31 |
| 1986 | #3,268 | 14 |
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| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #2,831 | 16 |
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| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
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First appearance
1962
The first year at least five boys were named Kelson! It came in at #4,033, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1978, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kelson is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kelson in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 814 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #3,757)
- 1,098 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #3,757)
- 672 spots since 2015 (#3,085 → #3,757)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1990 at #1,968 (38 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 30 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 39,201
- Highest: 1 in 39,201 boys born in 2014 were named Kelson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,968 in 1990, was only 1 in 54,054 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 27.5% of all boys named Kelson (386) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,033 (1962) | #4,033 |
| 1970s | 6 | #5,355 (1979) | #5,355 |
| 1980s | 148 | #1,974 (1987) | #3,058 |
| 1990s | 310 | #1,968 (1990) | #2,492 |
| 2000s | 386 | #2,399 (2005) | #2,786 |
| 2010s | 385 | #2,516 (2014) | #3,049 |
| 2020s | 164 | #3,416 (2023) | #3,990 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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