How rare is the last name Kelsey?

13,536 people in the United States have the last name Kelsey, about 1 in 22,082. It ranks #2,603 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KELSEY

#2,603

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,536
About
1 in 22,082
This common or more
50.9%
Who bears it

Of the 13,536 people with the last name Kelsey, 81% reported their origin as White, 9.7% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kelsey

#2,601 Ellsworth · 13,557#2,601 Vanhorn · 13,557#2,604 Staton · 13,535#2,605 Barth · 13,528

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kelsey, most common first.

#21,812 Kelsay · 1,216

Also a first name

As a first name, Kelsey ranks #407 of 53,615, with 138,745 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1992, with 11,882 births. See Kelsey as a first name

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