NameTides

Kelsea

Kelsea was the #3,832 girls' name in the US in 2025 (38 babies), and #3,044 in Canada.

Kelsea as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kelsea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Kelsea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#3,832 (38)———#3,044 (6)
2024#3,892 (38)#4,844 (4)——#2,685 (7)
2023#3,640 (42)————
2022#2,928 (57)————
2021#3,002 (55)———#2,616 (7)
2020#2,394 (73)———#2,343 (8)
2019#2,856 (58)———#3,266 (5)
2018#2,508 (70)#5,666 (3)———
2017#2,097 (92)————
2016#2,343 (80)#3,609 (6)———
2015#3,389 (47)#4,736 (4)——#2,599 (7)
2014#4,103 (36)#3,514 (6)———
2013#4,543 (31)————
2012#3,094 (54)#3,285 (7)———
2011#3,222 (51)#2,636 (9)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1993 at #530.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 42,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kelsea is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 50,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 41,000 to 1 in 61,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kelsea by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kelsea (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KelseaCanadaGirls#3,0446
KelseaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KelseaIrelandGirls—too few
KelseaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KelseaScotlandGirls—too few
KelseaUSGirls#3,83238
KelseaUSBoys—too few