The name Kelsey is derived from a surname.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Kelsey has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Kelsey
Use of the Name Kelsey for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
127,913
127,913
127,383
45,891
14,547
4,744
2,180
The table below indicates the number of times the name Kelsey has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Kelsey first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1970, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Kelsey
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1970
943
72
1971
967
71
1972
941
73
1973
951
72
1974
956
73
1975
839
98
1976
834
101
1977
961
144
930
84
1978
888
164
947
84
1979
737
222
928
90
1980
604
307
918
94
1981
436
489
896
99
1982
309
790
862
107
1983
223
1,117
812
116
1984
177
1,554
781
123
1985
168
1,698
813
119
1986
112
2,515
767
140
1987
67
4,573
719
161
1988
64
5,443
647
214
1989
31
9,251
634
248
1990
32
9,488
729
196
1991
26
11,433
745
186
1992
23
11,720
805
169
1993
24
11,366
834
160
1994
29
9,748
825
166
1995
33
8,180
872
156
1996
36
7,652
933
139
1997
57
5,569
1998
56
5,548
1999
72
4,395
2000
87
3,667
2001
99
3,258
2002
118
2,878
2003
130
2,564
2004
148
2,180
Totals:
127,913
3,411
During the last 125 years, parents have used Kelsey as a girl's name about 97% of the time and less frequently (about 2% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Kelsey appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 28 times during the last 125 years.