Kelsye — girls' name
112 babies named Kelsye in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
112 girls have been named Kelsye since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2006.
- 112
- total births
- 1987–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
64% of everyone ever named Kelsye was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Kelsye in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelsye
The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Kelsye between 1987 and 2006, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelsye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelsye performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kelsye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kelsye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelsye 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 112 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.
Kelsye at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kelsye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1987
- Peak year (1991)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
112 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 12 births in a single year.
Kelsye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 72 births that decade — 64% of Kelsye's all-time total
Kelsye decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kelsye's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Kelsye by state
Where Kelsye concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 4.5% |
5 of 112 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1987–2006 (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.