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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #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 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedAKMaine: #207 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,052 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #159 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 783 girlsNHWashington: #393 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #536 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,313 girlsMNIllinois: #886 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,520 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedWIMichigan: #312 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,131 girlsMINew York: #962 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 8,079 girlsNYMassachusetts: #526 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,282 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedRIOregon: #313 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,597 girlsORNevada: #295 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,406 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedSDIowa: #426 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,977 girlsIAIndiana: #364 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,369 girlsINOhio: #467 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,476 girlsOHPennsylvania: #389 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,879 girlsPANew Jersey: #733 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,357 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #732 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 5,546 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedUTColorado: #485 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,896 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNEMissouri: #342 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,348 girlsMOKentucky: #363 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,495 girlsKYWest Virginia: #186 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 936 girlsWVVirginia: #406 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,712 girlsVAMaryland: #386 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,569 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedDEArizona: #442 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,389 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedNMKansas: #237 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,291 girlsKSArkansas: #244 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,288 girlsARTennessee: #327 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,249 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #768 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,397 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #345 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,055 girlsOKLouisiana: #353 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,101 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedMSAlabama: #384 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,372 girlsALGeorgia: #475 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,373 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kelsea, so not publishedHITexas: #624 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 4,282 girlsTXFlorida: #548 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,919 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#159 · 1 in 783
  2. West Virginia#186 · 1 in 936
  3. Maine#207 · 1 in 1,052
  4. Kansas#237 · 1 in 1,291
  5. Arkansas#244 · 1 in 1,288

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#15971 in 783
West Virginia#18691 in 936
Maine#20751 in 1,052
Kansas#237101 in 1,291
Arkansas#24491 in 1,288
Nevada#29551 in 1,406
Michigan#312261 in 2,131
Oregon#313101 in 1,597
Tennessee#327131 in 2,249
Missouri#342131 in 2,348
Oklahoma#34581 in 2,055
Louisiana#353111 in 2,101
Kentucky#36381 in 2,495
Indiana#364141 in 2,369
Alabama#38491 in 2,372
Maryland#386101 in 2,569
Pennsylvania#389231 in 2,879
Washington#393131 in 2,287
Virginia#406131 in 2,712
Iowa#42651 in 2,977
Arizona#442111 in 2,389
Ohio#467191 in 3,476
Georgia#475121 in 3,373
Colorado#48571 in 2,896
Massachusetts#52681 in 4,282
Minnesota#53661 in 4,313
Florida#548191 in 3,919
Texas#624321 in 4,282
California#732451 in 5,546
New Jersey#73371 in 6,357
North Carolina#76861 in 6,397
Illinois#886101 in 7,520
New York#962141 in 8,079
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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 1993

girls
#530
452 births · 1 in 4,002 girls

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #530Kelsea452
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 4,002 of them was named Kelsea, which outranked 96.6% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kelsea
  1. #527Roxanne459
  2. #528Emilie455
  3. #529Avery453
  4. #530Kelsea452
  5. #531Norma451
  6. #532Dallas450
  7. #532Janice450
Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →