# Kelsea (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kelsea/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,040 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 6,035 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 392, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Kelsey, presumably influenced by Chelsea.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 3,243 |
| 2012 | 54 | 3,118 |
| 2013 | 31 | 4,593 |
| 2014 | 36 | 4,145 |
| 2015 | 47 | 3,412 |
| 2016 | 80 | 2,354 |
| 2017 | 92 | 2,102 |
| 2018 | 70 | 2,520 |
| 2019 | 58 | 2,873 |
| 2020 | 73 | 2,407 |
| 2021 | 55 | 3,019 |
| 2022 | 57 | 2,947 |
| 2023 | 42 | 3,677 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,928 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,869 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 8,601 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 20 | 1,129 |
| 2004 | 13 | 1,617 |
| 2005 | 22 | 1,121 |
| 2006 | 14 | 1,660 |
| 2007 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2008 | 20 | 1,391 |
| 2009 | 16 | 1,668 |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,653 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Kelsea

- Kelsea Ballerini, American singer and songwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.