Feminine dossier · first seen 1942

Kelsey

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kelsey
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.3% from peak

Peak era

1992

Peak rank proxy

11,713

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1942Peak 19922024

Peak year

1992

Decline from peak

96.3%

2024

430

All-time

150,075

Kelsey once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1992, when 11,713 girls were named Kelsey.

In 2024, only 430 girls were given the name.

Down 96.3% from its peak.

All told, about 150,075 Americans have been named Kelsey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1942.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.3% from peak

199211,713 girls named Kelsey

2024430 girls named Kelsey

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