Kelsey
#266 most common girls' name of all time · #492 across all names · 3% boys / 97% girls · used 1891–2025
Rank among girls
#266
Rank overall
#492 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
155,738
Since 2016
5,920
Peak year
1992 #23
Best rank
#23 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 11,882/yr
Kelsey first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 335 | 14 | 349 | #815 |
| 2024 | 430 | 7 | 437 | #673 |
| 2023 | 444 | 11 | 455 | #664 |
| 2022 | 466 | 23 | 489 | #632 |
| 2021 | 477 | 11 | 488 | #624 |
| 2020 | 574 | 15 | 589 | #526 |
| 2019 | 664 | 16 | 680 | #470 |
| 2018 | 740 | 17 | 757 | #421 |
| 2017 | 788 | 19 | 807 | #396 |
| 2016 | 859 | 10 | 869 | #383 |
| 2015 | 955 | 18 | 973 | #343 |
| 2014 | 1,017 | 20 | 1,037 | #328 |
| 2013 | 1,049 | 12 | 1,061 | #305 |
| 2012 | 1,214 | 27 | 1,241 | #267 |
| 2011 | 1,266 | 25 | 1,291 | #254 |
| 2010 | 1,349 | 19 | 1,368 | #233 |
| 2009 | 1,521 | 24 | 1,545 | #212 |
| 2008 | 1,716 | 33 | 1,749 | #195 |
| 2007 | 1,699 | 38 | 1,737 | #201 |
| 2006 | 1,898 | 47 | 1,945 | #185 |
| 2005 | 1,960 | 38 | 1,998 | #173 |
| 2004 | 2,198 | 72 | 2,270 | #148 |
| 2003 | 2,569 | 42 | 2,611 | #130 |
| 2002 | 2,883 | 51 | 2,934 | #118 |
| 2001 | 3,267 | 70 | 3,337 | #100 |
| 2000 | 3,669 | 62 | 3,731 | #88 |
| 1999 | 4,400 | 91 | 4,491 | #72 |
| 1998 | 5,551 | 99 | 5,650 | #56 |
| 1997 | 5,573 | 99 | 5,672 | #57 |
| 1996 | 7,655 | 140 | 7,795 | #36 |
| 1995 | 8,184 | 157 | 8,341 | #33 |
| 1994 | 9,749 | 166 | 9,915 | #29 |
| 1993 | 11,380 | 161 | 11,541 | #24 |
| 1992 | 11,713 | 169 | 11,882 | #23 |
| 1991 | 11,435 | 186 | 11,621 | #26 |
| 1990 | 9,494 | 197 | 9,691 | #32 |
| 1989 | 9,256 | 250 | 9,506 | #31 |
| 1988 | 5,452 | 213 | 5,665 | #64 |
| 1987 | 4,574 | 161 | 4,735 | #67 |
| 1986 | 2,517 | 140 | 2,657 | #112 |
| 1985 | 1,699 | 121 | 1,820 | #168 |
| 1984 | 1,555 | 122 | 1,677 | #177 |
| 1983 | 1,116 | 115 | 1,231 | #224 |
| 1982 | 791 | 106 | 897 | #310 |
| 1981 | 490 | 100 | 590 | #434 |
| 1980 | 308 | 94 | 402 | #602 |
| 1979 | 222 | 90 | 312 | #737 |
| 1978 | 164 | 84 | 248 | #889 |
| 1977 | 144 | 84 | 228 | #959 |
| 1976 | 116 | 101 | 217 | #1,059 |
| 1975 | 105 | 97 | 202 | #1,114 |
| 1974 | 88 | 73 | 161 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 77 | 73 | 150 | #1,317 |
| 1972 | 76 | 73 | 149 | #1,327 |
| 1971 | 71 | 71 | 142 | #1,458 |
| 1970 | 48 | 72 | 120 | #1,840 |
| 1969 | 45 | 38 | 83 | #1,843 |
| 1968 | 24 | 39 | 63 | #2,556 |
| 1967 | 32 | 24 | 56 | #2,086 |
| 1966 | 17 | 23 | 40 | #3,057 |
| 1965 | 16 | 17 | 33 | #3,172 |
| 1964 | 20 | 23 | 43 | #2,848 |
| 1963 | 22 | 18 | 40 | #2,649 |
| 1962 | 19 | 21 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #2,978 |
| 1960 | 13 | 21 | 34 | #3,546 |
| 1959 | 15 | 25 | 40 | #3,135 |
| 1958 | 23 | 13 | 36 | #2,401 |
| 1957 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #3,530 |
| 1956 | 12 | 22 | 34 | #3,538 |
| 1955 | 16 | 13 | 29 | #2,884 |
| 1954 | 14 | 19 | 33 | #3,053 |
| 1953 | 18 | 14 | 32 | #2,542 |
| 1952 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #3,604 |
| 1951 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #3,763 |
| 1950 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #3,478 |
| 1949 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #4,776 |
| 1948 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #3,646 |
| 1947 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #4,081 |
| 1946 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #4,071 |
| 1945 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #4,114 |
| 1944 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1943 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1942 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #4,743 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1938 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1937 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1932 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1931 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1930 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1929 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
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| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1926 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1925 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1924 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1923 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1922 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1921 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1919 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1918 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1917 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1916 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1912 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | — |