Kelsey — #670 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kelsey

The Social Security Administration has registered 150,075 babies named Kelsey between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelsey currently holds the #670 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 11,713 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelsey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 85,130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kelsey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12,090 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelsey in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelsey 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 150,075 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.