Gelsey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GEL-see
Gelsey is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Gelsey a girl's or a boy's name?
Gelsey is a girls' name.
How popular is Gelsey in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Gelsey in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gelsey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Gelsey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gelsey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gelsey, updated 20 October 2026.