# Kelsie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kelsie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɛlsi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,936 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 345 / 19,591 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,841, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 275 | 939 |
| 2012 | 236 | 1,066 |
| 2013 | 216 | 1,123 |
| 2014 | 225 | 1,125 |
| 2015 | 223 | 1,136 |
| 2016 | 229 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 176 | 1,324 |
| 2018 | 165 | 1,367 |
| 2019 | 150 | 1,470 |
| 2020 | 104 | 1,866 |
| 2021 | 103 | 1,920 |
| 2022 | 127 | 1,663 |
| 2023 | 112 | 1,810 |
| 2024 | 80 | 2,321 |
| 2025 | 82 | 2,248 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 7 | 4,799 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,731 |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,912 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,880 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,863 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,597 |
| 1990 | 8 | 6,144 |
| 1991 | 8 | 6,244 |
| 1992 | 9 | 5,895 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,166 |
| 1994 | 6 | 8,303 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,625 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,499 |
| 1999 | 9 | 6,828 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,343 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 97 | 434 |
| 2011 | 72 | 562 |
| 2012 | 56 | 722 |
| 2013 | 42 | 882 |
| 2014 | 42 | 890 |
| 2015 | 40 | 909 |
| 2016 | 34 | 1,031 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Kelsie

- Kelsie Ahbe, Canadian pole vaulter
- Kelsie Hendry, Canadian pole vaulter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.