Girls' name · since 1985
Kellsey
439 babies named Kellsey in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 439
- total births
- 1985–2017
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Kellsey sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 439 recorded since 1985.
Kellsey has 439 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2017.
- 439 total births
- 1985–2017 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kellsey's 439 recorded births place it above 82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Kellsey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kellsey's full recorded timeline at 2001, 33% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 67% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kellsey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2017
- Peak year (1993)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Kellsey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kellsey's strongest decade.
236 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Kellsey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 57
1980s
57 births
- 1990s
1990s
236 births
- 2000s
2000s
99 births
- 2010s 47
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 236 births (54% of all-time use).
Kellsey by state
Where Kellsey concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.4% |
6 of 439 births nationwide.
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- Kellsey's decade-level peak was the 1990s (236 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kellseys (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1985–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kellsey: Baby Name Since 1985 - 439 Births, Peak 1993." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kellsey. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kellsey 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 July 2026.