Girls' name · since 1975
Kessie
Kessie has 67 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 67
- total births
- 1975–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
Kessie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 67 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kessie has been recorded 67 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2012.
- 67 total births
- 1975–2012 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kessie's 67 recorded births place it above 56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kessie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kessie's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kessie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2012
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Kessie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kessie's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kessie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Kessie's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2010s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1975–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kessie: Baby Name Since 1975 - 67 Births, Peak 2002." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kessie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kessie 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 July 2026.