Kelsea

#3,832 for girls in 2025, 38 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1992 · 457 births
Debut · girls
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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—
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2000#1,217163—
1999#1,143171—
1998#905233—
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1992#520457—
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1990#780262—
1989#844221#7,9055
1988#1,204125—
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1983#3,15126—
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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 1990

  • 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: #205 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,105 girlsNHWashington: #318 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,932 girlsWAIdaho: #241 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,071 girlsIDMontana: 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: #497 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,905 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: #484 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,873 girlsMARhode 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: #422 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,195 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedINOhio: #759 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,877 girlsOHPennsylvania: #775 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,066 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,820 girlsCTCalifornia: #850 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 7,093 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: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,540 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedVAMaryland: #524 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,052 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,994 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedARTennessee: #604 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,032 girlsTNNorth 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: #506 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,490 girlsOKLouisiana: #622 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,230 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedALGeorgia: #736 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,095 girlsGAHawaii: #238 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 909 girlsHITexas: #784 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 6,254 girlsTXFlorida: #1,022 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,891 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#205 · 1 in 1,105
  2. Hawaii#238 · 1 in 909
  3. Idaho#241 · 1 in 1,071
  4. Washington#318 · 1 in 1,932
  5. Kansas#320 · 1 in 1,994

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#20561 in 1,105
Hawaii#23861 in 909
Idaho#24151 in 1,071
Washington#318161 in 1,932
Kansas#32071 in 1,994
Iowa#42251 in 3,195
Kentucky#43761 in 3,540
Massachusetts#484101 in 3,873
Connecticut#49051 in 3,820
Michigan#497161 in 3,905
Oklahoma#50651 in 3,490
Maryland#52471 in 4,052
Tennessee#60461 in 5,032
Louisiana#62261 in 4,230
Georgia#73671 in 6,095
Ohio#75991 in 7,877
Pennsylvania#77591 in 8,066
Texas#784221 in 6,254
California#850371 in 7,093
Florida#1,02281 in 9,891
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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)
  • 443 spots since 2015 (#3,389 → #3,832)
  • Biggest jump: 360 spots in 1989 (#1,204 → #844)
  • Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1999 (#905 → #1,143)
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.

Kelsea in 1990

girls
#780
262 births · 1 in 7,246 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #780Kelsea262
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 7,246 of them was named Kelsea, which outranked 94.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kelsea
  1. #774Julissa264
  2. #774Melisa264
  3. #779Selena263
  4. #780Kelsea262
  5. #781Kathrine260
  6. #782Olga258
  7. #783Adrianne257
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →