Meaning and history
Kelsi is a modern English feminine spelling variant of Kelsey. Kelsey began as an English surname from place names in Lincolnshire, commonly interpreted from an Old English personal name plus ēg, “island” or “dry ground in marshland.” The exact personal-name element is debated. The final i is a contemporary spelling choice. American actor and singer Kelsi Taylor is a notable bearer; other prominent exact-spelling examples are limited.
20062006: 190 births, rank #1,260
2007: 204 births, rank #1,224
2008: 145 births, rank #1,573
2009: 163 births, rank #1,432
2010: 125 births, rank #1,688
20112011: 138 births, rank #1,577
2012: 95 births, rank #2,028
2013: 94 births, rank #2,052
2014: 114 births, rank #1,794
2015: 80 births, rank #2,318
20162016: 86 births, rank #2,221
2017: 102 births, rank #1,954
2018: 112 births, rank #1,813
2019: 77 births, rank #2,331
2020: 70 births, rank #2,468
20212021: 56 births, rank #2,958
2022: 50 births, rank #3,220
2023: 36 births, rank #4,047
2024: 49 births, rank #3,225
20252025: 37 births, rank #3,903
Kelsi moved from #812 to #912 for girls between 2001 and 2002. Its highest annual birth count came in 1991, with 624 births.