Kesley
- #7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to girls 91.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 674since 1983
Kesley over time
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #4,907 | 7 |
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First appearance
1983
The first year at least five girls were named Kesley! It came in at #7,312, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1985, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Kesley is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kesley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kesley
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 476 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #7,491)
- 915 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #7,491)
- 956 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #7,491)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1983
- Peaked 1990 at #3,156 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 6 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 54,244
- Highest: 1 in 54,244 girls born in 1990 were named Kesley (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 34.3% of all girls named Kesley (231) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1983
- Mostly boys until 1982, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 93 | #3,402 (1989) | #6,280 |
| 1990s | 231 | #3,156 (1990) | #4,597 |
| 2000s | 155 | #5,570 (2001) | #7,547 |
| 2010s | 128 | #6,855 (2011) | #8,823 |
| 2020s | 67 | #7,491 (2025) | #9,025 |
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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