Kelsy — #5469 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kelsy

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,215 babies named Kelsy between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelsy currently holds the #5469 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 163 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelsy performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,451 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kelsy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 306 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelsy in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelsy 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 3,215 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.