Girls' name · since 2000
Kelyse
Kelyse has 89 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,445 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kelyse sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 89 recorded since 2000.
Social Security Administration records show Kelyse recorded 89 times among girls since 2000, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2024.
- #28,445 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 89 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelyse ranks #28,445 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,445 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kelyse's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelyse's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kelyse's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kelyse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2024
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kelyse by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (58 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Kelyse's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Kelyse births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 58 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Kelyse's decade-level peak was the 2000s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kelyse: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Kelyse 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 August 2026.