Kelcy — #12342 US unisex name
962 babies named Kelcy in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Kelcy was born in this single decade.
61 babies were named Kelcy in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelcy
The Social Security Administration has registered 962 babies named Kelcy between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelcy currently holds the #12342 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 61 babies received it in a single year. Kelcy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 77 additional births since 1930.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelcy performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 456 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kelcy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelcy in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelcy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 962 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kelcy at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kelcy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1962
- Peak year (1993)
- 61
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
Currently ranks #12342 among girls.
962 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 61 births in a single year.
Kelcy popularity over time — boys
77 total births recorded since 1930 (Kelcy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kelcy accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kelcy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 456 births that decade — 47% of Kelcy's all-time total
Kelcy decade highlights
- Peak decade 456 births
- Runner-up 187 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kelcy's strongest decade
456 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Kelcy by state
Where Kelcy concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 44 | 4.6% |
| #2 | California | | 24 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.5% |
44 of 962 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.6% of nationwide
- California 2.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.5% of nationwide
- Missouri 0.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1962–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.