How Many People Are Named Kelso?
people named Kelso are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,190,888 people in the US has this name
Based on 387 babies named Kelso in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
24 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kelso in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kelso alive today is about 12 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kelso first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2024, to 24 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kelso has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,455, in 1933. In 2025 it ranked #6,283.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,283 |
| Best rank | #2,455 (1933) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,182 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kelso alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kelso were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 1 of those alive today.
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