Kelsee — girls' name
1,748 babies named Kelsee in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Kelsee was born in this single decade.
113 babies were named Kelsee in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelsee
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,748 babies named Kelsee between 1980 and 2022, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelsee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 113 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelsee performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 929 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kelsee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelsee in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelsee 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 1,748 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.
Kelsee at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kelsee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1980
- Peak year (1993)
- 113
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
1,748 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 113 births in a single year.
Kelsee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 929 births that decade — 53% of Kelsee's all-time total
Kelsee decade highlights
- Peak decade 929 births
- Runner-up 453 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kelsee's strongest decade
929 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Kelsee by state
Where Kelsee concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 103 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Utah | | 74 | 4.2% |
| #3 | California | | 73 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 53 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 47 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Oregon | | 18 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 15 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Washington | | 15 | 0.9% |
103 of 1,748 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.9% of nationwide
- Utah 4.2% of nationwide
- California 4.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kelsee appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1980–2022 (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.