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Kelson

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Kelson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
220.00% of boys
Peak year
200949 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1962
1,375people given the name
Babies named Kelson, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,375 boys have been named Kelson in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 49 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 28%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Kelson
1960s5
1970s6
1980s148
1990s310
2000s386
2010s385
2020s135

In 2009, its biggest year

Kelson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.

Names that rose and fell with Kelson

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.