Chelsey
- #6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- Last seen for boys in 1992 at #7,422
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 2,880 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 31,498since 1969
Chelsey over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Chelsey has never cracked the top 100 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,709 | 41 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,390 | 46 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,451 | 72 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,647 | 65 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,257 | 83 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,956 | 102 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,711 | 123 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,552 | 140 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,502 | 147 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,416 | 161 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,292 | 182 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,180 | 206 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,091 | 233 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,014 | 260 | — | |
| 2007 | #826 | 347 | — | |
| 2006 | #797 | 342 | — | |
| 2005 | #798 | 325 | — | |
| 2004 | #739 | 356 | — | |
| 2003 | #687 | 380 | — | |
| 2002 | #605 | 423 | — | |
| 2001 | #541 | 491 | — | |
| 2000 | #475 | 580 | — | |
| 1999 | #432 | 638 | — | |
| 1998 | #348 | 832 | — | |
| 1997 | #263 | 1,099 | — | |
| 1996 | #223 | 1,285 | — | |
| 1995 | #206 | 1,408 | — | |
| 1994 | #178 | 1,655 | — | |
| 1993 | #145 | 2,154 | — | |
| 1992 | #117 | 2,880 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #129 | 2,440 | — | |
| 1990 | #128 | 2,447 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #140 | 2,202 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #149 | 1,878 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #186 | 1,477 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #303 | 808 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #300 | 815 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #322 | 729 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #403 | 535 | — | |
| 1982 | #569 | 322 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,528 | 78 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,460 | 83 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,394 | 88 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,397 | 83 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,576 | 68 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,638 | 60 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,963 | 45 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,801 | 49 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five girls were named Chelsey! It came in at #3,958, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 18 girls a year got the name.
Where Chelsey is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Chelsey in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chelsey
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,926 spots since 2020 (#3,399 → #6,325)
- Biggest jump: 959 spots in 1982
- Biggest drop: 188 spots in 2008
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1992 at #117 (2,880 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1982–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 640
- Highest: 1 in 640 girls born in 1992 were named Chelsey (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 53.5% of all girls named Chelsey (16,838) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 | #3,958 (1969) | #3,958 |
| 1970s | 497 | #1,394 (1979) | #2,091 |
| 1980s | 8,927 | #140 (1989) | #536 |
| 1990s | 16,838 | #117 (1992) | #217 |
| 2000s | 3,737 | #475 (2000) | #757 |
| 2010s | 1,281 | #1,180 (2010) | #1,796 |
| 2020s | 205 | #3,390 (2021) | #4,441 |
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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