Kelso — #4316 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kelso

The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Kelso between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kelso currently holds the #4316 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelso performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kelso shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kelso in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelso 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 373 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.