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Kelsi

Gender
Girl
Say it
KEL-see
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,902 for girls

Kelsi is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).

What does Kelsi mean?

English: spelling of Kelsey, an English surname

A spelling of Kelsey, an English surname also found as a place name in Lincolnshire.

Is Kelsi a girl's or a boy's name?

Kelsi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kelsi in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,990th among girls
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 77% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kelsi, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 40 girls.

Half of all the girls named Kelsi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Kelsi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 40 in 20092025
Kelsi in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20240–
20230–
20225#4,168
20214#4,864
20204#4,744
20193#5,804
20186#3,702
20177#3,395
20163#6,009
20158#3,114
201415#1,976
201313#2,174
201211#2,463
201115#1,917
201025#1,344
200940#912
200832#1,034
200723#1,286
200638#853
200526#1,048
200427#1,006
200330#916
200218#1,225
200121#1,070
200021#1,073
199918#1,194
199814#1,417
199719#1,119
199613#1,450

How popular is Kelsi in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,902nd among girls
Babies in 2025
37 about 1 in 43,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 53% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Kelsi, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,468th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 624 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.

Half of all the girls named Kelsi in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 564 girls in the US were given Kelsi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #537, up from #3,902 for this spelling alone.

1969Busiest: 624 in 19912025
Kelsi in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202537#3,902
202449#3,225
202336#4,045
202250#3,219
202156#2,958
202070#2,468
201977#2,331
2018112#1,813
2017102#1,954
201686#2,221
201580#2,318
2014114#1,794
201394#2,052
201295#2,028
2011138#1,577
2010125#1,688
2009163#1,432
2008145#1,573
2007204#1,224
2006190#1,260
2005183#1,239
2004172#1,257
2003205#1,078
2002245#909
2001290#810
2000304#753
1999330#685
1998483#521
1997500#495
1996520#473
1995501#493
1994481#519
1993548#455
1992575#436
1991624#410
1990492#495
1989441#527
1988292#662
1987226#785
1986142#1,057
1985112#1,226
198498#1,279
198370#1,585
198264#1,735
198132#2,774
198034#2,699
197937#2,477
197822#3,388
197723#3,266
197624#3,001
197520#3,403
197416#3,862
19735#8,421
19720–
197111#4,808
19700–
19696#6,615

Nicknames for Kelsi

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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kelsi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelsi, updated 20 October 2026.