Kelson
Boy · KEL-sun · English
Kelson is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Kelson mean?
English: English surname
Kelson is also a shipbuilding word for the beam fixed above a vessel's keel.
- Say it
- KEL-sun
Is Kelson a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kelson in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kelson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Kelson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Kelson, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the boys named Kelson in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,514 |
| 2013 | 48 | #2,526 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 39 | #2,693 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,249 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
Nicknames for Kelson
Names like Kelson
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