as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, which is from an Old English masculine personal name Cēolsige, derived from cēol ‘ship’ + sige ‘victory’. Its use as a girl's name may have been influenced by names such as Elsie. In the United States the spelling Kelsey is reserved chiefly for boys.
| 736th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 47,568
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 139,855
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Kelsey per capita
- 1992
- marked the height of its popularity
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30-54
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58%
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40%
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Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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