Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kelson

#3,919 most common boys' name of all time · #9,544 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among boys
#3,919
Rank overall
#9,544 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
1,404
Since 2016
302
Peak year
2009 #2,566
Best rank
#1,998 1990
Girls Boys peak 49/yr
198020002020

Kelson first appears in 1962. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 29 29 #3,784
2024 — 22 22 #4,614
2023 — 34 34 #3,445
2022 — 30 30 #3,723
2021 — 30 30 #3,682
2020 — 19 19 #4,911
2019 — 33 33 #3,453
2018 — 38 38 #3,072
2017 — 37 37 #3,150
2016 — 30 30 #3,626
2015 — 37 37 #3,109
2014 — 49 49 #2,524
2013 — 48 48 #2,537
2012 — 40 40 #2,922
2011 — 42 42 #2,823
2010 — 31 31 #3,472
2009 — 49 49 #2,566
2008 — 38 38 #3,074
2007 — 41 41 #2,893
2006 — 37 37 #3,000
2005 — 48 48 #2,416
2004 — 39 39 #2,713
2003 — 41 41 #2,524
2002 — 34 34 #2,786
2001 — 34 34 #2,764
2000 — 25 25 #3,344
1999 — 32 32 #2,690
1998 — 31 31 #2,679
1997 — 30 30 #2,641
1996 — 36 36 #2,278
1995 — 30 30 #2,526
1994 — 26 26 #2,805
1993 — 23 23 #2,997
1992 — 30 30 #2,446
1991 — 34 34 #2,173
1990 — 38 38 #1,998
1989 — 28 28 #2,391
1988 — 30 30 #2,130
1987 — 31 31 #2,010
1986 — 14 14 #3,366
1984 — 10 10 #4,075
1983 — 10 10 #4,016
1982 — 16 16 #2,917
1980 — 9 9 #4,334
1979 — 6 6 #5,703
1962 — 5 5 #4,600