Kelsea

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Peak · girls
#520
1992 · 457 births
Debut · girls
1976
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,035
since 1976

Kelsea over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kelsea has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #520, 1992girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,83238—
2024#3,89238—
2023#3,64042—
2022#2,92857—
2021#3,00255—
2020#2,39473—
2019#2,85658—
2018#2,50870—
2017#2,09792—
2016#2,34380—
2015#3,38947—
2014#4,10336—
2013#4,54331—
2012#3,09454—
2011#3,22251—
2010#2,67067—
2009#2,51075—
2008#2,31884—
2007#2,31183—
2006#1,809113—
2005#1,645121—
2004#1,562126—
2003#1,348150—
2002#1,345144—
2001#1,322145—
2000#1,217163—
1999#1,143171—
1998#905233—
1997#728292—
1996#652342—
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1994#567408—
1993#530452—
1992#520457—
1991#614368—
1990#780262—
1989#844221#7,9055
1988#1,204125—
1987#1,54582—
1986#2,05252—
1985#3,08429—
1984#2,91530—
1983#3,15126—
1982#3,89820—
1981#6,32310—
1980#7,4188—
1979#10,2105—
1978#7,6497—
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1976#9,2845—
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five girls were named Kelsea! It came in at #9,284, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1976–1977, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kelsea is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,095 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,345 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#3,095 · 1 in 32,345

Best ever in a state: #159 in New Hampshire, 1993.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Kelsea
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 60 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #3,832)
  • 1,438 spots since 2020 (#2,394 → #3,832)
  • Biggest jump: 360 spots in 1989
  • Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1999
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 1992 at #520 (457 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1989–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,002
  • Highest: 1 in 4,002 girls born in 1993 were named Kelsea (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,297 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #520 in 1992, was only 1 in 4,035 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 55.0% of all girls named Kelsea (3,322) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s17#7,649 (1978)#9,048
1980s603#844 (1989)#3,243
1990s3,322#520 (1992)#708
2000s1,204#1,217 (2000)#1,739
2010s586#2,097 (2017)#3,083
2020s303#2,394 (2020)#3,281

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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