Kelson — #4597 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kelson

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,375 babies named Kelson between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kelson currently holds the #4597 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelson performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 386 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kelson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelson in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelson 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 1,375 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.