How rare is the name Kelsea?

5,052 people in the United States have the first name Kelsea, about 1 in 59,785. It ranks #3,881 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KELSEA

#3,881

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,052
About
1 in 59,785
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,052 people named Kelsea, 78.5% reported their origin as White, 8.3% as Black and 5.5% as two or more races. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kelsea peaked in 1992, when 457 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
1992
Births that year
457
In 2025*
38 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,040 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kelsea by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,231. The largest share of babies named Kelsea, 53.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#17,85117
1980s#2,992608
1990s#1,2313,322
2000s#2,9231,204
2010s#5,046586
2020s#5,597303
Generation X 1965–800.4%
Millennials 1981–9653.4%
Generation Z 1997–1234.3%
2013 and later11.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kelsea is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kelsea has been most common in New Hampshire (2.4×), Oregon (2.2×), and Florida (2×), and least common in Illinois (0.35×).

3,961 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Kelsea

1 other first name also has 5,052 people.

#3,881 Zoya · 5,052

Either side of Kelsea

#3,879 Saad · 5,062#3,880 Ceasar · 5,053#3,881 Zoya · 5,052#3,883 Tobin · 5,051

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kelsea, most common first.

#407 Kelsey · 138,745#9,318 Kelsee · 1,498#31,546 Kelsei · 271#33,205 Kelsa · 250#38,539 Kelse · 199#45,829 Kelsha · 147

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