Kelsee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEL-see
- Origin
- Old English
Kelsee is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “ship + victory”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kelsee mean?
Old English: spelling of Kelsie, itself a spelling of Kelsey
“ship + victory”
Spelling of Kelsey, an English surname from the Old English personal name Ceolsige.
Meaning borrowed from Kelsie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kelsee a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelsee is a girls' name.
How popular is Kelsee in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 113 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Kelsee in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelsee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 42 | #3,668 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,847 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 64 | #2,399 |
| 1999 | 74 | #2,070 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,880 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,705 |
| 1996 | 100 | #1,569 |
| 1995 | 94 | #1,594 |
| 1994 | 100 | #1,541 |
| 1993 | 113 | #1,424 |
| 1992 | 101 | #1,534 |
| 1991 | 91 | #1,636 |
| 1990 | 84 | #1,729 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,114 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Kelsee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylee Kaitlyn Kylie Cassidy Kiara Teagan Brooklyn Kennedy Brylee Brynlee Brynn Kendall
Names related to Kelsee
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar
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, “Kelsee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelsee, updated 20 October 2026.