Kelsa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEL-suh
- Origin
- Modern
Kelsa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kelsa come from?
Modern: modern short form or variant of Kelsey or Kelsie
Is Kelsa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelsa is a girls' name.
How popular is Kelsa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Kelsa in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelsa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Kelsa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keyla, Kayla, Kiana, Kiara, Kaylee, Kylie, Kianna, Emma, Jayla, Kendra, Kyla, Mckenna
Names related to Kelsa
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kelsa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelsa, updated 20 October 2026.