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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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
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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—
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1978#7,6497—
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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 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedAKMaine: #179 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 817 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #173 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 836 girlsNHWashington: #449 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,798 girlsWAIdaho: #249 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,089 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #540 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,396 girlsMNIllinois: #724 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,791 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedWIMichigan: #493 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,804 girlsMINew York: #1,127 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 10,555 girlsNYMassachusetts: #356 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,392 girlsMARhode Island: #220 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,045 girlsRIOregon: #368 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,032 girlsORNevada: 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: #327 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,216 girlsINOhio: #450 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,397 girlsOHPennsylvania: #493 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,027 girlsPANew Jersey: #547 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,140 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #803 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 6,585 girlsCAUtah: #417 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,301 girlsUTColorado: #548 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,522 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNEMissouri: #273 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,819 girlsMOKentucky: #278 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,749 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedWVVirginia: #406 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,807 girlsVAMaryland: #450 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,985 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedDEArizona: #560 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,274 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNMKansas: #360 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,223 girlsKSArkansas: #269 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,482 girlsARTennessee: #392 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,704 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #525 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,983 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #227 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,146 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMSAlabama: #360 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,376 girlsALGeorgia: #516 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,754 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedHITexas: #539 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 3,621 girlsTXFlorida: #384 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,589 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#173 · 1 in 836
  2. Maine#179 · 1 in 817
  3. Rhode Island#220 · 1 in 1,045
  4. Oklahoma#227 · 1 in 1,146
  5. Idaho#249 · 1 in 1,089

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#17371 in 836
Maine#17971 in 817
Rhode Island#22051 in 1,045
Oklahoma#227151 in 1,146
Idaho#24951 in 1,089
Arkansas#26981 in 1,482
Missouri#273171 in 1,819
Kentucky#278121 in 1,749
Indiana#327151 in 2,216
Massachusetts#356151 in 2,392
Alabama#36091 in 2,376
Kansas#36061 in 2,223
Oregon#36881 in 2,032
Florida#384291 in 2,589
Tennessee#392111 in 2,704
Virginia#406131 in 2,807
Utah#41761 in 2,301
Washington#449111 in 2,798
Maryland#45091 in 2,985
Ohio#450201 in 3,397
Michigan#493151 in 3,804
Pennsylvania#493171 in 4,027
Georgia#516111 in 3,754
North Carolina#525101 in 3,983
Texas#539381 in 3,621
Minnesota#54061 in 4,396
New Jersey#547111 in 4,140
Colorado#54861 in 3,522
Arizona#56081 in 3,274
Illinois#724131 in 5,791
California#803391 in 6,585
New York#1,127111 in 10,555
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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.

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 1992

girls
#520
457 births · 1 in 4,035 girls

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #520Kelsea457
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 4,035 of them was named Kelsea, which outranked 96.7% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kelsea
  1. #517Christie458
  2. #517Katy458
  3. #517Keisha458
  4. #520Kelsea457
  5. #520Blair457
  6. #522Alexia456
  7. #522Araceli456
  8. #522Genevieve456

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →