Unisex name · since 1991
Kelce
202 babies named Kelce in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,713 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,283 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 202
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kelce is the #7283 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 202 recorded since 1991.
Kelce has 202 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7283 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #19,713 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,283 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 202 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelce ranks #19,713 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,283 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 202 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,713 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,283 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 202
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kelce's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Kelce compares
202 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kelce's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kelce | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 202 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kelce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kelce's full recorded timeline at 2019, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kelce popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Kelce popularity over time - boys
96 total births recorded since 2019 (Kelce as boys' name)
Kelce by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (130 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Kelce's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Kelce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 47
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
130 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 130 births (64% of all-time use).
Kelce by state
Where Kelce concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 24 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 14 | 6.9% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 2.5% |
24 of 202 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Pennsylvania records the most Kelces (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kelce: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kelce draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.