Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kelsea

#2,211 most common girls' name of all time · #3,760 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among girls
#2,211
Rank overall
#3,760 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
6,040
Since 2016
603
Peak year
1992 #521
Best rank
#521 1992
Girls Boys peak 457/yr
198020002020

Kelsea first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 38 — 38 #3,856
2024 38 — 38 #3,928
2023 42 — 42 #3,669
2022 57 — 57 #2,944
2021 55 — 55 #3,016
2020 73 — 73 #2,400
2019 58 — 58 #2,879
2018 70 — 70 #2,523
2017 92 — 92 #2,102
2016 80 — 80 #2,355
2015 47 — 47 #3,410
2014 36 — 36 #4,142
2013 31 — 31 #4,591
2012 54 — 54 #3,111
2011 51 — 51 #3,242
2010 67 — 67 #2,680
2009 75 — 75 #2,523
2008 84 — 84 #2,330
2007 83 — 83 #2,317
2006 113 — 113 #1,820
2005 121 — 121 #1,652
2004 126 — 126 #1,569
2003 150 — 150 #1,355
2002 144 — 144 #1,350
2001 145 — 145 #1,330
2000 163 — 163 #1,222
1999 171 — 171 #1,152
1998 233 — 233 #908
1997 292 — 292 #732
1996 342 — 342 #653
1995 337 — 337 #644
1994 408 — 408 #567
1993 452 — 452 #530
1992 457 — 457 #521
1991 368 — 368 #615
1990 262 — 262 #780
1989 221 5 226 #848
1988 125 — 125 #1,208
1987 82 — 82 #1,552
1986 52 — 52 #2,078
1985 29 — 29 #3,160
1984 30 — 30 #2,987
1983 26 — 26 #3,237
1982 20 — 20 #4,020
1981 10 — 10 #6,747
1980 8 — 8 #8,047
1979 5 — 5 #11,365
1978 7 — 7 #8,417
1976 5 — 5 #10,665