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 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Washington#634 · 1 in 3,652
- Ohio#850 · 1 in 7,692
- North Carolina#900 · 1 in 7,083
- Florida#1,059 · 1 in 8,302
- Pennsylvania#1,182 · 1 in 11,586
Best ever in a state: #169 in North Dakota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #634 | 8 | 1 in 3,652 |
| Ohio | #850 | 8 | 1 in 7,692 |
| North Carolina | #900 | 6 | 1 in 7,083 |
| Florida | #1,059 | 9 | 1 in 8,302 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,182 | 5 | 1 in 11,586 |
| Illinois | #1,200 | 7 | 1 in 9,976 |
| Georgia | #1,201 | 5 | 1 in 9,146 |
| Texas | #1,261 | 14 | 1 in 10,516 |
| New York | #1,549 | 7 | 1 in 14,260 |
| California | #1,954 | 10 | 1 in 21,906 |
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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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 14,305 of them was named Kelsy, which outranked 91.6% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,408Rena125
- #1,408Shiann125
- #1,408Simran125
- #1,416Kelsy124
- #1,416Kami124
- #1,416Nathaly124
- #1,416Ryley124
- #1,422Alora123
- #1,422Ashli123
- #1,422Catrina123
Tied with 5 names at #1,416; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 274,307 of them was named Kelsy, which outranked 32.2% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,139Zan8
- #7,139Zedekiah8
- #7,139Zyler8
- #7,874Kelsy7
- #7,874Abad7
- #7,874Abbott7
- #7,874Abdalla7
- #8,704Aaditya6
- #8,704Aaronjames6
- #8,704Abba6
Tied with 829 names at #7,874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.