Kelsey
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning island of the ship; a place name.
How Kelsey has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #344 |
| 2016 | #383 |
| 2017 | #397 |
| 2018 | #421 |
| 2019 | #470 |
| 2020 | #528 |
| 2021 | #625 |
| 2022 | #629 |
| 2023 | #662 |
| 2024 | #671 |
| 2025 | #814 |
Kelsey by the numbers
In 2025, 25 babies in England and Wales were named Kelsey. In the US, 799 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 11,714 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1990, about 1 in 220 American girls born that year was called Kelsey.
Names that come from Kelsey
Forms of Kelsey in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kelsey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kelseaship victory; a form of Kelsey92 in the US (2017)
- Kelleybright-headed or descended from Ceallach; a form of Kelly38 in the US (2017)
- Kelseefrom the ship island; a form of Kelsey18 in the US (2017)
- Kelceyship victory or fierce warrior10 in the US (2017)
- Kelsy21 in the US (2017)
- Kensey15 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kelsey
Names that are said the same way as Kelsey, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean an island
Like Kelsey, each of these has an island in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evelynnisland; a variant spelling of Evelyn938 in the US (2017)
- Skyesky; the Isle of Skye214 in England and Wales (2025)
- Whitneywhite island; from a place name336 in the US (2017)
- Lindseylinden tree island; variant of Lindsey316 in the US (2017)
- Lindsayfrom the linden tree island220 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kelsey
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