Chelle
- Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 343since 1951
Chelle over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Chelle has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
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| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
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| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
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| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
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First appearance
1951
The first year at least five girls were named Chelle! It came in at #4,833, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1954, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Chelle is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Chelle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chelle
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1960 at #2,989 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 97,119
- Highest: 1 in 97,119 girls born in 1967 were named Chelle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,626 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,989 in 1960, was only 1 in 118,938 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 36.7% of all girls named Chelle (126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 38 | #4,467 (1956) | #5,155 |
| 1960s | 126 | #2,989 (1960) | #3,910 |
| 1970s | 83 | #4,038 (1970) | #6,979 |
| 1980s | 50 | #5,895 (1988) | #9,000 |
| 1990s | 46 | #6,588 (1991) | #8,882 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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