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How popular is the name Kelsey?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kelseys are alive today.
Kelsey (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1271st in 2025 and given to 25 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 596 babies were given the name, the 87th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 4% of its peak. At least 7,200 babies have been named Kelsey in England and Wales since 1996. Kelsey is one spelling of a name also recorded as Kelsi and Kelsie; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Kelsey you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Kelseys born in England and Wales are between 20 and 31, and there are at least 12,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Kelsey.
How many babies are named Kelsey each year?
Includes all spellings: Kelsey, Kelsi, Kelsie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kelsey spelling rank?
Where does the Kelsi spelling rank?
Where does the Kelsie spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kelsey most popular?
Kelsey peaked in 1998, when 703 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Kelsey?
At least 12,000 people named Kelsey in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kelsey?
Most living Kelseys are between 20 and 31; the most common age is about 27.
Is Kelsey becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.