Kessley — girls' name
41 babies named Kessley in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
41 girls have been named Kessley since 2014, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2021.
- 41
- total births
- 2014–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
68% of everyone ever named Kessley was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kessley in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kessley
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Kessley between 2014 and 2021, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kessley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kessley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kessley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kessley 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 41 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.
Kessley at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kessley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2014
- Peak year (2016)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
41 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 8 births in a single year.
Kessley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 28 births that decade — 68% of Kessley's all-time total
Kessley decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kessley's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
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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, 2014–2021 (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.