Kelsha — girls' name
139 babies named Kelsha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
139 girls have been named Kelsha since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2001.
- 139
- total births
- 1975–2001
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Kelsha was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Kelsha in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelsha
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Kelsha between 1975 and 2001, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelsha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelsha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kelsha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelsha 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 139 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.
Kelsha at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kelsha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1975
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
139 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 10 births in a single year.
Kelsha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 59 births that decade — 42% of Kelsha's all-time total
Kelsha decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kelsha's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1975–2001 (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.