NameTides

Kelsey

Kelsey was the #814 girls' name in the US in 2025 (335 babies), and #1,271 in England & Wales and #935 in Canada.

Kelsey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kelsey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Kelsey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#814 (335)#1,271 (25)——#544 (6)#935 (29)
2024#673 (430)#1,603 (19)#638 (4)—#504 (7)#896 (31)
2023#663 (444)#1,325 (24)#630 (4)—#404 (9)#1,014 (25)
2022#632 (466)#1,326 (24)#625 (4)#418 (3)#458 (8)#710 (39)
2021#623 (477)#1,402 (22)#558 (5)—#661 (5)#947 (29)
2020#525 (574)#1,127 (29)#765 (3)—#495 (7)#633 (45)
2019#470 (664)#778 (48)#650 (4)#424 (3)#296 (15)#807 (35)
2018#420 (740)#936 (39)#583 (5)—#319 (14)#632 (47)
2017#396 (788)#949 (39)#409 (8)—#341 (12)#627 (48)
2016#383 (859)#594 (71)#383 (9)#353 (4)#302 (15)#590 (52)
2015#343 (955)#595 (71)#281 (14)#426 (3)#306 (16)#666 (44)
2014#328 (1,017)#422 (103)#274 (16)#205 (9)#264 (19)#640 (47)
2013#304 (1,049)#373 (121)#194 (23)#132 (16)#241 (22)#557 (54)
2012#267 (1,214)#322 (151)#185 (24)#203 (9)#225 (24)#613 (47)
2011#254 (1,266)#254 (193)#130 (36)#189 (10)#194 (30)#559 (52)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1992 at #23.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1942.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kelsey is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 5,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kelsey by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #679NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #815INOhio: #711OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #855CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #427MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: #864FL
Kelsey (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Kelsey (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KelseyCanadaGirls#93529
KelseyCanadaBoys—too few
KelseyEngland & WalesGirls#1,27125
Kelsey-England & WalesGirls—too few
KelseyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KelseyIrelandGirls#5446
KelseyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KelseyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KelseyScotlandGirls—too few
KelseyScotlandBoys—too few
KelseyUSGirls#814335
KelseyUSBoys#6,14314