Girls' name · peaked in 1993
Kelsie name popularity since 1925
19,797 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kelsie (98.7% girls, 1.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1996 or earlier, so the typical Kelsie is about 30 years old in 2026. Kelsie peaked in 1993 as the #230 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,797
- Named Kelsie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,248 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.7% girls
- 19,545 girls · 252 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.04× its national share
Peak year is the year Kelsie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kelsie births per year, 1925–2025
1993 was the biggest year for Kelsie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1984 and 1989, Kelsie became 5.2× more common, from 1 in 12,600 baby girls to 1 in 2,430.
- Steepest fall: Between 2016 and 2021, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 7,740 to 1 in 15,900.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kelsie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kelsie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kelsie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 6 | 30 | – |
| 1930s | 5 | 54 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 16 | 38 | #4,903 |
| 1950s | 11 | 18 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 40 | 14 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 202 | 13 | #2,707 |
| 1980s | 2,365 | 24 | #983 |
| 1990s | 9,710 | 56 | #275 |
| 2000s | 4,372 | 5 | #760 |
| 2010s | 2,210 | 0 | #1,136 |
| 2020–25 | 608 | 0 | #2,248 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
49.1% of babies named Kelsie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Kelsie is most popular
The index compares Kelsie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kelsie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.04× | 607 |
| Oregon | 2.06× | 340 |
| Washington | 1.98× | 583 |
| Oklahoma | 1.82× | 419 |
| Missouri | 1.50× | 578 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kelsie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kelsie (this page) | 19,545 | 1993 |
| Kelsey | 150,416 | 1992 |
| Kelsi | 10,151 | 1991 |
| Kelsy | 3,231 | 1992 |
| Kelsee | 1,748 | 1993 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kelsie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kelsie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kelsie (1993).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data