Kelsea — #3911 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kelsea

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,997 babies named Kelsea between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelsea currently holds the #3911 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 457 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelsea performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,322 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kelsea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 530 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelsea in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelsea 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 5,997 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.