Girls' name · since 1994
Kelise
Kelise has 669 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,817 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,397 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 669
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kelise currently ranks #12397 among girls' names in America, with 669 babies recorded since 1994.
Kelise has 669 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12397 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #9,817 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,397 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 669 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelise ranks #9,817 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,397 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 669 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,817 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,397 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 669
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kelise's 669 recorded births place it above 86.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Kelise compares
669 Top 39% higher than 61% of 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
Kelise's all-time total is 78% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kelise | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 669 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kelise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kelise's full recorded timeline at 2012, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 51 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kelise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Kelise by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (315 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Kelise's strongest decade.
315 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kelise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
315 births
- 2010s
2010s
253 births
- 2020s 96
2020s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 315 births (47% of all-time use).
How Kelise compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kelise's total volume
Kelise by state
Where Kelise concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 20 | 3.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 17 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
20 of 669 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Kelise's data
- Kelise's decade-level peak was the 2000s (315 total births); usage has since declined to 96 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Kelises (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Kelise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Kelise 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.