Chelsea
#851 for girls in 2025, 319 births · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 16,177 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 162,884since 1910
Chelsea over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #851 | 319 | — | |
| 2024 | #787 | 358 | — | |
| 2023 | #712 | 397 | — | |
| 2022 | #693 | 424 | — | |
| 2021 | #635 | 466 | — | |
| 2020 | #644 | 449 | — | |
| 2019 | #545 | 557 | — | |
| 2018 | #471 | 664 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #381 | 818 | — | |
| 2016 | #354 | 933 | — | |
| 2015 | #309 | 1,057 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #275 | 1,196 | — | |
| 2013 | #271 | 1,179 | — | |
| 2012 | #235 | 1,356 | — | |
| 2011 | #222 | 1,425 | — | |
| 2010 | #223 | 1,417 | — | |
| 2009 | #232 | 1,429 | — | |
| 2008 | #222 | 1,518 | — | |
| 2007 | #209 | 1,644 | — | |
| 2006 | #192 | 1,824 | — | |
| 2005 | #200 | 1,734 | — | |
| 2004 | #195 | 1,752 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #176 | 1,838 | — | |
| 2002 | #179 | 1,785 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #153 | 2,120 | — | |
| 2000 | #140 | 2,380 | — | |
| 1999 | #122 | 2,725 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #94 | 3,518 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #73 | 4,461 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #55 | 5,864 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #47 | 6,761 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #38 | 7,718 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #25 | 11,287 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #15 | 16,177 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #18 | 13,509 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #24 | 12,785 | #2,170 | 33 |
| 1989 | #27 | 11,252 | #1,615 | 49 |
| 1988 | #33 | 8,879 | #2,090 | 30 |
| 1987 | #47 | 6,631 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #73 | 3,753 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #75 | 3,613 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #84 | 3,530 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #102 | 2,708 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #170 | 1,715 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #408 | 542 | — | |
| 1980 | #412 | 540 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #458 | 443 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #409 | 505 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #421 | 482 | — | |
| 1976 | #442 | 441 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #509 | 351 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #474 | 377 | — | |
| 1973 | #630 | 240 | — | |
| 1972 | #678 | 218 | — | |
| 1971 | #740 | 202 | — | |
| 1970 | #692 | 226 | — | |
| 1969 | #701 | 201 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
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| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
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| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
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| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chelsea! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Chelsea is popular in 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#113 · 1 in 530
- Montana#145 · 1 in 596
- Utah#201 · 1 in 987
- Idaho#210 · 1 in 973
- Connecticut#234 · 1 in 1,371
Best ever in a state: #4 in Hawaii, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #113 | 26 | 1 in 530 |
| Montana | #145 | 7 | 1 in 596 |
| Utah | #201 | 14 | 1 in 987 |
| Idaho | #210 | 6 | 1 in 973 |
| Connecticut | #234 | 10 | 1 in 1,371 |
| Washington | #249 | 15 | 1 in 1,389 |
| Hawaii | #269 | 5 | 1 in 926 |
| Nebraska | #285 | 5 | 1 in 1,890 |
| California | #298 | 90 | 1 in 1,599 |
| Minnesota | #351 | 8 | 1 in 3,007 |
| Colorado | #353 | 8 | 1 in 2,026 |
| Texas | #353 | 49 | 1 in 1,973 |
| Arizona | #395 | 7 | 1 in 2,179 |
| Ohio | #395 | 21 | 1 in 3,208 |
| Oklahoma | #409 | 6 | 1 in 2,674 |
| Georgia | #447 | 10 | 1 in 3,088 |
| Maryland | #466 | 5 | 1 in 3,490 |
| Florida | #485 | 12 | 1 in 3,414 |
| Michigan | #525 | 12 | 1 in 4,534 |
| Illinois | #541 | 17 | 1 in 4,113 |
| Pennsylvania | #543 | 12 | 1 in 5,367 |
| Massachusetts | #561 | 5 | 1 in 5,715 |
| Louisiana | #566 | 7 | 1 in 3,716 |
| Virginia | #591 | 5 | 1 in 5,378 |
| Missouri | #611 | 5 | 1 in 5,899 |
| Indiana | #662 | 5 | 1 in 6,757 |
| New York | #732 | 16 | 1 in 6,269 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| North Carolina | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Chelsea
- 64 spots since 2024 (#787 → #851)
- 207 spots since 2020 (#644 → #851)
- 542 spots since 2015 (#309 → #851)
- Biggest jump: 1,133 spots in 1969 (#1,834 → #701)
- Biggest drop: 99 spots in 2020 (#545 → #644)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1992 at #15 (16,177 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1984–1998
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1969–2025
- Highest: 1 in 114 girls born in 1992 were named Chelsea (0.88%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,038 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 52.1% of all girls named Chelsea (84,805) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | #2,398 (1910) | #3,629 |
| 1920s | 25 | #3,875 (1927) | #4,291 |
| 1930s | 15 | #4,204 (1935) | #4,388 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,622 (1942) | #4,622 |
| 1950s | 31 | #4,655 (1954) | #5,073 |
| 1960s | 292 | #701 (1969) | #4,515 |
| 1970s | 3,485 | #409 (1978) | #545 |
| 1980s | 43,163 | #27 (1989) | #143 |
| 1990s | 84,805 | #15 (1992) | #51 |
| 2000s | 18,024 | #140 (2000) | #190 |
| 2010s | 10,602 | #222 (2011) | #329 |
| 2020s | 2,413 | #635 (2021) | #720 |
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.
Chelsea in 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 3,322 of them was named Chelsea, which outranked 95.9% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 261,501 of them was named Chelsea, which outranked 24.0% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,418Zed7
- #4,418Zenon7
- #4,418Zion7
- #4,935Chelsea6
- #4,935Aarin6
- #4,935Abayomi6
- #4,935Abdallah6
- #5,587Abdulla5
- #5,587Abdur5
- #5,587Abiel5
Tied with 651 names at #4,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.