Kelsea

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kelsea: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kelsea: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #425, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#425highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#643
1997	#820
1998	#607
1999	#752
2000	#897
2001	#835
2002	#1032
2003	#1129
2004	#1617
2005	#1121
2006	#1660
2007	#1234
2008	#1391
2009	#1668
2010	#1653
2011	#2636
2012	#3285
2014	#3514
2015	#4736
2016	#3609
2018	#5666
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 1998: #425 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #607 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #643 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kelsea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kelsea in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	136	4 of 10	34
2000sbusiest	200	10 of 10	20
2010s	52	7 of 10	7
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kelsea appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #425 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Kelsea's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1391	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1032	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#835	28	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#752	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#607	42	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#820	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#643	37	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #425, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kelly-Ann · #705, 11y
Kelly-Marie · #358, 10y
Kelsey · #48, 37y
Kelsi · #440, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Annie-Mae · #424, 26y
Casey-Leigh · #426, 22y
Ella-Jane · #426, 17y
Lexi-Rose · #426, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aicha · #425, 29y
Loki · #425, 24y
Alys · #426, 29y
Anna-Mae · #426, 17y

Kelsea was ranked #425 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kelsea and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kelsea without appearing here.

Kelsea moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Kelsea

Eabha Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Finley Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3609 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Linnea Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3178.
Pamela Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3518.

Moved the opposite way to Kelsea

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelsea went from #643 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelsea went from #643 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelsea went from #643 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelsea went from #643 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Kelsea

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelsea went from #643 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelsea went from #643 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelsea went from #643 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelsea went from #643 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #425 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kelsea

Kelsea at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kelsea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kelsea appears in

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Kelsea at a glance

Kelsea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kelsea appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kelsea

Kelsea and the names beside it

Kelsea moved ahead of

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