Boys' name · since 1997
Kelsen
Kelsen has 124 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 124
- total births
- 1997–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Kelsen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 124 have been recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelsen has been recorded 124 times among boys since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2021.
- 124 total births
- 1997–2021 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelsen's 124 recorded births place it above 65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelsen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kelsen splits its recorded history at 2010: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kelsen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2021
- Peak year (2008)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kelsen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kelsen's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kelsen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Kelsen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- 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, 1997–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelsen: Baby Name Since 1997 - 124 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelsen. 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 Kelsen 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.