Kelsea is a modern variant of Kelsey — from the Old English personal name *Cēol* (ship) + *sige* (victory). **Kelsea Ballerini (born 1993)** — **American country singer-songwriter; the first female solo artist in country music history to send her first three singles to #1 on the *Billboard* Country Airplay chart** ("Love Me Like You Mean It" 2014, "Dibs" 2015, "Peter Pan" 2016). **Four Academy of Country Music Awards including New Female Artist of the Year (2017)**. **CMA Best New Artist nomination (2016); Grand Ole Opry inductee at 25**. **Her 2023 album *Rolling Up the Welcome Mat* — written in real time during her divorce from Morgan Evans — became one of the most-streamed country albums of the year**. **Engaged to Chase Stokes in 2024**. **Co-host of CMT Music Awards 2023, 2024**. **A top-1000 US baby name since 2015**.
Featured throughout 2010s-2020s country music.
Kelsea reduces to nine — the number of three #1s in a row.