Girls' name · since 1975
Kelsha
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 139 babies named Kelsha, peaking in 1981. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 139
- total births
- 1975–2001
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
Kelsha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 139 recorded since 1975.
Kelsha has 139 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2001.
- 139 total births
- 1975–2001 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelsha's 139 recorded births place it above 67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelsha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kelsha's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kelsha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2001
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kelsha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kelsha's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kelsha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 59 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Kelsha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelsha: Baby Name Since 1975 - 139 Births, Peak 1981." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelsha. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kelsha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.