Kelsy
Kelsy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 23 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 230.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1992163 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1974
- 3,215people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,215 girls have been named Kelsy in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 163 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 45%.
By decade
In 1992, its biggest year
Kelsy was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Kelsy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kelsipeak 1991
- Jordannpeak 1990
- Sammanthapeak 1991
- Kaylapeak 1991
- Aerialpeak 1991
- Briannpeak 1996
- Kelcipeak 1993
- Tiarapeak 1995
Other spellings in the data
- Kelsey155,383 ever
- Chelsey31,478 ever
- Kelsie19,507 ever
- Chelsie13,837 ever
- Kelsi10,113 ever
- Chelsi4,043 ever
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.