Kelsie

Where Kelsie comes from

The dictionaries list Kelsie as a given name — a unisex given name, variant of Kelsey — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1908
    First appearance
    #2,101 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1982
    Kelsie Hendry born
    Canadian pole vaulter
  4. 1991
    Kelsie Ahbe born
    Canadian pole vaulter
  5. 1993
    Peak, #230
    1,222 babies named Kelsie — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #514.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name, variant of Kelsey.
Namesakes
  • Kelsie Ahbe · Canadian pole vaulter, born 1991
  • Kelsie Hendry · Canadian pole vaulter, born 1982
  • Kelsie Whitmore · American baseball player, born 1998
  • Kelsie Burrows · Northern Ireland footballer, born 2001
  • Kelsie Payne · US volleyball player, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.