Kelsy

Where Kelsy comes from

The dictionaries list Kelsy 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. 1974
    First appearance
    #8,775 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1992
    Peak, #1,099
    163 babies named Kelsy — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,259.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name, variant of Kelsey.
Namesakes

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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.