Is Kelcey a boy or girl name?

Kelcey is a unisex name. Of the 2,821 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 75.3% were girls and 24.7% were boys. It changed hands in 1984, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Kelcey

Recorded 1958–2024 · United States

Kelcey was most popular in 1991, when 176 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,781 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,821 people named Kelcey.

Kelcey over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kelcey’s peak in 1991. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kelcey a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kelcey is a unisex name — 75.3% of the 2,821 Americans given it were girls and 24.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 1984 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 92% girls and 8% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kelcey

Where Kelcey is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org