Chelsey

Where Chelsey comes from

The dictionaries list Chelsey as a given name — a female given name transferred from the place name, variant of Chelsea — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #3,958 among girls, 13 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Chelsey Reist born
    Canadian actress, television host and dancer
  3. 1990
    Chelsey Gullickson born
    US tennis player
  4. 1992
    Peak, #117
    2,880 babies named Chelsey — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #206.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the place name, variant of Chelsea.
Namesakes
  • Chelsey Reist · Canadian actress, television host and dancer, born 1987
  • Chelsey Gullickson · US tennis player, born 1990
  • Chelsey Crisp · American actress, writer and producer, born 1983
  • Chelsey Heijnen · Dutch boxer, born 1999
  • Chelsey Lee · American basketball player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.