# Kelsy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kelsy/  
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 | 3,270 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 39 / 3,231 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 73, 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 | 45 | 3,524 |
| 2012 | 26 | 5,330 |
| 2013 | 33 | 4,381 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,101 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,380 |
| 2016 | 33 | 4,390 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,938 |
| 2018 | 36 | 4,037 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,530 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,494 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,534 |
| 2022 | 25 | 5,240 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,837 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,532 |
| 2025 | 16 | 6,981 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 6,048 |
| 1979 | 8 | 4,640 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,939 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,783 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,154 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8,311 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

## 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.