Kelsey Name Popularity

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How popular is Kelsey?

The somewhat popular name Kelsey was the 417th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 500 contender has seen rankings outside of the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #23 in 1992 with 11,713 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Kelsey was less than 5, most recently in 1944.

Kelsey, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1955-1958, and 1964-1991, whereas 1993-2016 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Kelsey has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Kelsey popularity headed?

Kelsey's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

Kelsey's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Kelsey lately has dropped.

The name Kelsey still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Kelsey is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Kelsey (Girl)		Kelsey (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		738	417	16	5,624
2017		786	397	19	5,014
2016		856	383	10	7,877
2015		951	344	18	5,171
2014		1,017	328	20	4,777
2013		1,049	304	12	6,820
2012		1,212	268	27	3,833
2011		1,263	254	25	4,043
2010		1,349	233	19	4,938
2009		1,521	212	24	4,213
2008		1,716	195	33	3,388
2007		1,698	202	38	3,057
2006		1,897	185	47	2,559
2005		1,960	173	38	2,822
2004		2,198	148	72	1,756
2003		2,569	130	42	2,490
2002		2,883	118	51	2,109
2001		3,267	99	70	1,670
2000		3,669	88	62	1,773
1999		4,400	72	91	1,324
1998		5,550	56	99	1,232
1997		5,572	57	99	1,202
1996		7,655	36	140	932
1995		8,182	33	156	874
1994		9,749	29	166	827
1993		11,378	24	161	830
1992		11,713	23	169	806
1991		11,431	26	186	748
1990		9,494	32	197	727
1989		9,256	31	250	630
1988		5,453	64	213	649
1987		4,573	67	161	723
1986		2,516	112	140	769
1985		1,698	168	121	808
1984		1,554	177	122	789
1983		1,116	224	115	817
1982		791	310	106	867
1981		489	437	100	892
1980		309	600	94	920
1979		222	738	90	928
1978		164	888	84	948
1977		144	961	84	931
1976		116	1,060	101	835
1975		105	1,113	97	849
1974		88	1,246	73	957
1973		77	1,319	73	946
1972		76	1,331	73	947
1971		71	1,458	72	959
1970		49	1,810	71	953
1969		45	1,854	38	1,287
1968		24	2,581	39	1,226
1967		32	2,100	24	1,587
1966		17	3,099	23	1,634
1965		16	3,198	17	1,959
1964		20	2,865	23	1,679
1963		22	2,656	18	1,930
1962		19	2,863	21	1,783
1961		18	3,013	15	2,185
1960		13	3,582	21	1,794
1959		15	3,171	25	1,609
1958		23	2,416	13	2,318
1957		12	3,574	19	1,865
1956		12	3,584	22	1,699
1955		16	2,892	13	2,265
1954		15	2,953	19	1,791
1953		18	2,557	14	2,149
1952		10	3,669	13	2,210
1951		9	3,852	17	1,875
1950		10	3,553	9	2,674
1949		6	4,970	24	1,527
1948		9	3,736	19	1,737
1947		8	4,170	8	2,991
1946		7	4,215	16	1,850
1945		6	4,288	12	2,066
1944		< 5	--	12	2,127
1943		< 5	--	12	2,226
1942		5	4,986	14	1,997
1941		< 5	--	11	2,269
1940		< 5	--	8	2,763
1939		< 5	--	10	2,359
1938		< 5	--	12	2,136
1937		< 5	--	15	1,876
1936		< 5	--	8	2,742
1935		< 5	--	8	2,828
1934		< 5	--	5	3,948
1933		< 5	--	10	2,456
1932		< 5	--	11	2,396
1931		< 5	--	12	2,272
1930		< 5	--	16	1,932
1929		< 5	--	11	2,514
1928		< 5	--	12	2,459
1927		< 5	--	10	2,810
1926		< 5	--	15	2,135
1925		< 5	--	18	1,906
1924		< 5	--	14	2,298
1923		< 5	--	16	2,073
1922		< 5	--	10	2,906
1921		< 5	--	15	2,213
1920		< 5	--	7	3,658
1919		< 5	--	13	2,327
1918		< 5	--	15	2,119
1917		< 5	--	11	2,495
1916		< 5	--	13	2,208
1915		< 5	--	9	2,729
1914		< 5	--	10	2,193
1913		< 5	--	11	1,744
1912		< 5	--	10	1,686
1911		< 5	--	< 5	--
1910		< 5	--	5	1,728
1909		< 5	--	< 5	--
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1891		< 5	--	5	1,048
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.