Girls' name · since 1985
Kelse
91 babies named Kelse 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.
- 91
- total births
- 1985–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 87%
- born in that decade
91 girls have been named Kelse since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kelse recorded 91 times among girls since 1985, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2000.
- 91 total births
- 1985–2000 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 87% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelse's 91 recorded births place it above 61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelse's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kelse's full recorded timeline at 1994, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kelse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2000
- Peak year (1993)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Kelse by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kelse's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Kelse births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 79 births (87% of all-time use).
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- Kelse's decade-level peak was the 1990s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1985–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelse: Baby Name Since 1985 - 91 Births, Peak 1993." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelse. 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 Kelse 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.