Recorded 1976–2025 · United States
Kelsea was most popular in 1992, when 457 American babies were given the name — ranking #989 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,717, with 38 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,040 people named Kelsea.
Kelsea first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1976, which makes it about 49 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 49 of the 50 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,040 American births named Kelsea between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,950 are estimated to be alive today.
38 American babies were named Kelsea in 2025, ranking #6,717 that year.
Kelsea is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 46 births a year, against 44 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +5% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kelsea is a girl’s name — 99.9% of the 6,040 Americans given it were girls and 0.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 5,950 Americans named Kelsea are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 30 years old, and half are between 23 and 34. That is a narrow band: Kelsea arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org