Chelsa
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #13,924
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 79 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,107since 1969
Chelsa over time
Rank among girls' names. Chelsa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 |
| 1994 | #2,701 | 45 |
| 1993 | #2,380 | 53 |
| 1992 | #1,876 | 75 |
| 1991 | #2,034 | 67 |
| 1990 | #1,796 | 80 |
| 1989 | #1,717 | 79 |
| 1988 | #1,839 | 67 |
| 1987 | #2,024 | 55 |
| 1986 | #2,195 | 47 |
| 1985 | #2,100 | 50 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chelsa! It came in at #3,619, and was given to 15 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Chelsa is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#560 · 1 in 3,679
- Georgia#712 · 1 in 5,978
- Ohio#868 · 1 in 9,978
- California#2,383 · 1 in 34,855
Best ever in a state: #522 in Tennessee, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #560 | 7 | 1 in 3,679 |
| Georgia | #712 | 7 | 1 in 5,978 |
| Ohio | #868 | 7 | 1 in 9,978 |
| California | #2,383 | 7 | 1 in 34,855 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Chelsa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1989 at #1,717 (79 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,336 girls born in 1989 were named Chelsa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 274,660 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- 39.7% of all girls named Chelsa (439) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 15 | #3,619 (1969) | #3,619 |
| 1970s | 191 | #2,060 (1976) | #3,969 |
| 1980s | 439 | #1,717 (1989) | #2,623 |
| 1990s | 418 | #1,796 (1990) | #3,963 |
| 2000s | 44 | #9,264 (2004) | #12,648 |
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.
Chelsa in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
More about 1989
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1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 23,336 of them was named Chelsa, which outranked 88.2% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,701Steven80
- #1,701Tamisha80
- #1,701Tyisha80
- #1,717Chelsa79
- #1,717Agnes79
- #1,717Candance79
- #1,717Della79
- #1,733Alise78
- #1,733Aundrea78
- #1,733Britnie78
Tied with 15 names at #1,717; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.