girls:
2.1k births since 1958
#3736 (35th percentile)
boys:
697 births since 1967
#3890 (15th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1958
#5096 (34th percentile)
The name Kelcey is the #5,096 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,810 recorded births since 1958. This represents the 34.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,736 (34.6% percentile) for all time with 2,113 births since 1958. For boys, it ranks #3,890 (15.1% percentile) for all time with 697 births since 1967.
Kelcey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1958 (1958 for girls and 1967 for boys). Birth data for Kelcey is available in 58 out of the 66 years between 1958 and 2023 (56 years for girls and 42 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kelcey has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 54.5% of babies named Kelcey were girls.
For girls, Kelcey reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 18.1% percentile (ranked #709) with 82 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 82 births per million (ranked 18.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1995, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kelcey ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 4.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kelcey reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #626) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 24 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kelcey ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 11.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kelcey".
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