Kelsy
#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · Last seen for boys in 1999 at #7,874
Given to girls 98.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 163 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,231since 1974
Kelsy over time
Rank among girls' names. Kelsy has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,496 | 45 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,572 | 44 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,047 | 56 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,855 | 62 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,964 | 60 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,459 | 75 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,580 | 66 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,620 | 63 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,301 | 73 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,100 | 81 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,259 | 71 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,719 | 102 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,416 | 124 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #1,281 | 141 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,273 | 138 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,232 | 142 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,246 | 137 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,160 | 153 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,194 | 145 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,099 | 163 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #1,128 | 157 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #1,141 | 151 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,187 | 137 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #1,551 | 85 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,470 | 88 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,770 | 65 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,050 | 49 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kelsy! It came in at #8,775, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kelsy is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#397 · 1 in 2,575
- Oregon#446 · 1 in 2,797
- Massachusetts#740 · 1 in 7,747
- Illinois#1,028 · 1 in 9,813
- Pennsylvania#1,042 · 1 in 12,100
Best ever in a state: #169 in North Dakota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #397 | 12 | 1 in 2,575 |
| Oregon | #446 | 6 | 1 in 2,797 |
| Massachusetts | #740 | 5 | 1 in 7,747 |
| Illinois | #1,028 | 8 | 1 in 9,813 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,042 | 6 | 1 in 12,100 |
| Michigan | #1,118 | 5 | 1 in 12,495 |
| California | #1,230 | 21 | 1 in 12,497 |
| Texas | #1,529 | 8 | 1 in 17,198 |
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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 Kelsy
- 1,395 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #6,838)
- 513 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #6,838)
- 1,550 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #6,838)
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 1992 at #1,099 (163 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,312 girls born in 1992 were named Kelsy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 44.9% of all girls named Kelsy (1,451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 58 | #4,652 (1977) | #6,475 |
| 1980s | 586 | #1,187 (1989) | #2,422 |
| 1990s | 1,451 | #1,099 (1992) | #1,217 |
| 2000s | 709 | #1,719 (2000) | #2,490 |
| 2010s | 313 | #3,496 (2011) | #4,659 |
| 2020s | 114 | #5,172 (2022) | #6,305 |
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.
Kelsy in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
More about 1990
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1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 12,573 of them was named Kelsy, which outranked 92.5% 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).
- #1,137Johnna152
- #1,137Madalyn152
- #1,137Ryann152
- #1,141Kelsy151
- #1,141Joslyn151
- #1,141Latosha151
- #1,141Sheree151
- #1,146Britta150
- #1,146Calli150
- #1,146Codi150
Tied with 4 names at #1,141; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.