Kesley — #8101 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Kesley

The Social Security Administration has registered 660 babies named Kesley between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kesley currently holds the #8101 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 35 babies received it in a single year. Kesley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 67 additional births since 1975.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kesley performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 231 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kesley 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 Kesley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kesley 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 660 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.