Fun Facts About the Name Keisy
- 779 babies named Keisy: U.S. records list 779 babies given the name Keisy from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Keisy Mean?
Keisy is a modern spelling of a given name rather than a name with its own recorded etymology, so its meaning is uncertain. It is usually understood as a phonetic respelling of an established English-language name, and the meaning would follow whichever name it was meant to reproduce; that is not documented, so it cannot be stated with confidence. The name most often proposed is Casey, an Irish name taken from the surname Ó Cathasaigh, but the resemblance is not proof of origin. A link to Kelsey, an English place-derived name, is also sometimes suggested. These are competing possibilities, not settled derivation.
Keisy Name History & Origins
Keisy is best described as a respelling, and its development is tied to the names whose sound it reproduces rather than to a separate line of earlier forms. The ei spelling reflects an English or Spanish phonetic reading of an initial k sound. Names of this shape - Casey, Kelsey, Keisha - spread widely in English-speaking countries during the 20th century, and respelled forms such as Keisy followed them, used mainly for girls in the United States and in Spanish-speaking countries. Because the specific name behind any given Keisy is usually not recorded, it is often impossible to say which parent name a particular bearer's spelling was intended to match.
How Popular is the Name Keisy?
Keisy has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #2,803 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,035 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 2024 | #5,204 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2023 | #3,546 | 44 | 0.0027% |
| 2022 | #2,803 | 61 | 0.0037% |
| 2021 | #3,579 | 43 | 0.0026% |
| 2020 | #3,651 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2019 | #4,110 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 2018 | #3,590 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2017 | #3,415 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 2016 | #3,353 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2015 | #3,325 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2014 | #3,812 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2013 | #5,219 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #4,336 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2011 | #5,293 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2010 | #7,065 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #5,799 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #6,693 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2007 | #6,954 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #8,996 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #9,792 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #10,298 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #10,051 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #8,549 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #11,526 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #11,264 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #12,006 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #10,617 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #9,177 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #14,537 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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