Kelsay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kelsay

The Social Security Administration has registered 223 babies named Kelsay between 1987 and 2008, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelsay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelsay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kelsay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kelsay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelsay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 223 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.