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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| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 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 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Vermont#21 · 1 in 87
- Louisiana#24 · 1 in 130
- Maine#28 · 1 in 117
- Hawaii#29 · 1 in 140
- West Virginia#30 · 1 in 129
Best ever in a state: #4 in Hawaii, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #21 | 22 | 1 in 87 |
| Louisiana | #24 | 166 | 1 in 130 |
| Maine | #28 | 41 | 1 in 117 |
| Hawaii | #29 | 30 | 1 in 140 |
| Tennessee | #30 | 205 | 1 in 144 |
| West Virginia | #30 | 59 | 1 in 129 |
| Georgia | #32 | 249 | 1 in 167 |
| Delaware | #35 | 25 | 1 in 127 |
| Kentucky | #35 | 128 | 1 in 153 |
| South Carolina | #35 | 91 | 1 in 179 |
| Oklahoma | #37 | 90 | 1 in 177 |
| Alabama | #38 | 109 | 1 in 189 |
| Mississippi | #38 | 62 | 1 in 187 |
| Florida | #39 | 365 | 1 in 199 |
| Michigan | #39 | 272 | 1 in 191 |
| Rhode Island | #39 | 30 | 1 in 142 |
| North Carolina | #42 | 194 | 1 in 203 |
| Virginia | #42 | 170 | 1 in 201 |
| Indiana | #45 | 163 | 1 in 202 |
| Ohio | #49 | 285 | 1 in 218 |
| Pennsylvania | #50 | 263 | 1 in 230 |
| New York | #51 | 397 | 1 in 263 |
| Missouri | #52 | 139 | 1 in 213 |
| Nevada | #53 | 40 | 1 in 206 |
| Oregon | #55 | 77 | 1 in 216 |
| Texas | #56 | 479 | 1 in 291 |
| Arizona | #60 | 101 | 1 in 282 |
| Connecticut | #60 | 71 | 1 in 230 |
| Maryland | #60 | 98 | 1 in 252 |
| South Dakota | #65 | 14 | 1 in 221 |
| North Dakota | #66 | 13 | 1 in 231 |
| Idaho | #67 | 24 | 1 in 240 |
| Alaska | #68 | 12 | 1 in 209 |
| New Jersey | #68 | 149 | 1 in 284 |
| Washington | #69 | 99 | 1 in 288 |
| New Mexico | #70 | 32 | 1 in 272 |
| Iowa | #74 | 49 | 1 in 292 |
| Arkansas | #76 | 38 | 1 in 308 |
| New Hampshire | #78 | 19 | 1 in 264 |
| Kansas | #79 | 39 | 1 in 319 |
| Utah | #81 | 45 | 1 in 338 |
| Nebraska | #84 | 27 | 1 in 302 |
| Colorado | #87 | 60 | 1 in 350 |
| Massachusetts | #88 | 91 | 1 in 354 |
| Montana | #89 | 11 | 1 in 271 |
| Minnesota | #96 | 65 | 1 in 382 |
| Wisconsin | #96 | 67 | 1 in 379 |
| Illinois | #106 | 148 | 1 in 483 |
| California | #117 | 432 | 1 in 532 |
| District of Columbia | #210 | 5 | 1 in 715 |
| 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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 299 of them was named Chelsea, which outranked 99.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 210,478 of them was named Chelsea, which outranked 43.2% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,535Zedekiah10
- #5,535Ziaire10
- #5,535Zubin10
- #5,982Chelsea9
- #5,982Aadil9
- #5,982Aarion9
- #5,982Abdias9
- #6,496Abdel8
- #6,496Abdulmalik8
- #6,496Abhiram8
Tied with 513 names at #5,982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.