Kelsa — girls' name
183 babies named Kelsa in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
183 girls have been named Kelsa since 1977, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2022.
- 183
- total births
- 1977–2022
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Kelsa was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Kelsa in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelsa
The Social Security Administration has registered 183 babies named Kelsa between 1977 and 2022, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelsa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelsa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kelsa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelsa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 183 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kelsa at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kelsa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1977
- Peak year (1992)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
183 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 14 births in a single year.
Kelsa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 83 births that decade — 45% of Kelsa's all-time total
Kelsa decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kelsa's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.