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.

Kelsy

#3,255 most common girls' name of all time · #5,563 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among girls
#3,255
Rank overall
#5,563 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
3,270
Since 2016
227
Peak year
1992 #1,103
Best rank
#1,103 1992
Girls Boys peak 168/yr
198020002020

Kelsy first appears in 1974. 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 16 — 16 #6,940
2024 23 — 23 #5,501
2023 14 — 14 #7,778
2022 25 — 25 #5,224
2021 18 — 18 #6,509
2020 18 — 18 #6,427
2019 23 — 23 #5,510
2018 36 — 36 #4,032
2017 21 — 21 #5,900
2016 33 — 33 #4,383
2015 25 — 25 #5,363
2014 27 — 27 #5,083
2013 33 — 33 #4,373
2012 26 — 26 #5,314
2011 45 — 45 #3,521
2010 44 — 44 #3,592
2009 56 — 56 #3,067
2008 62 — 62 #2,876
2007 60 — 60 #2,974
2006 75 — 75 #2,475
2005 66 — 66 #2,589
2004 63 — 63 #2,637
2003 73 — 73 #2,315
2002 81 — 81 #2,108
2001 71 — 71 #2,279
2000 102 — 102 #1,727
1999 124 7 131 #1,418
1998 141 — 141 #1,284
1997 138 — 138 #1,279
1996 142 — 142 #1,234
1995 137 — 137 #1,250
1994 153 — 153 #1,164
1993 145 — 145 #1,200
1992 163 5 168 #1,103
1991 157 6 163 #1,133
1990 151 — 151 #1,145
1989 137 8 145 #1,195
1988 85 — 85 #1,563
1987 88 — 88 #1,483
1986 65 — 65 #1,783
1985 65 — 65 #1,759
1984 49 — 49 #2,079
1983 40 — 40 #2,397
1982 21 — 21 #3,891
1981 18 — 18 #4,322
1980 18 — 18 #4,312
1979 13 8 21 #5,389
1978 12 — 12 #5,529
1977 14 — 14 #4,918
1976 9 5 14 #6,549
1975 5 — 5 #10,197
1974 5 — 5 #10,011