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

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Peak · girls
1992 · 2,880 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
31,498
since 1969

Chelsey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chelsey has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #117, 1992girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,32518—
2024#5,44323—
2023#3,70941—
2022#4,37832—
2021#3,39046—
2020#3,39945—
2019#2,45172—
2018#2,64765—
2017#2,25783—
2016#1,956102—
2015#1,711123—
2014#1,552140—
2013#1,502147—
2012#1,416161—
2011#1,292182—
2010#1,180206—
2009#1,091233—
2008#1,014260—
2007#826347—
2006#797342—
2005#798325—
2004#739356—
2003#687380—
2002#605423—
2001#541491—
2000#475580—
1999#432638—
1998#348832—
1997#2631,099—
1996#2231,285—
1995#2061,408—
1994#1781,655—
1993#1452,154—
1992#1172,880#7,4226
1991#1292,440—
1990#1282,447#5,3829
1989#1402,202#5,6158
1988#1491,878#3,20316
1987#1861,477#5,4597
1986#303808#6,7215
1985#300815#5,1477
1984#322729#4,9737
1983#403535—
1982#569322—
1981#1,52878—
1980#1,46083—
1979#1,39488—
1978#1,39783—
1977#1,57668—
1976#1,63860—
1975#1,96345—
1974#1,80149—
1973#2,30933—
1972#2,45129—
1971#2,80125—
1970#3,57717—
1969#3,95813—
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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 1969

No state had 5 or more girls named Chelsey in 1969, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Chelsey
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 882 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #6,325)
  • 2,926 spots since 2020 (#3,399 → #6,325)
  • 4,614 spots since 2015 (#1,711 → #6,325)
  • Biggest jump: 959 spots in 1982 (#1,528 → #569)
  • Biggest drop: 188 spots in 2008 (#826 → #1,014)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s13#3,958 (1969)#3,958
1970s497#1,394 (1979)#2,091
1980s8,927#140 (1989)#536
1990s16,838#117 (1992)#217
2000s3,737#475 (2000)#757
2010s1,281#1,180 (2010)#1,796
2020s205#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.

Chelsey in 1969

girls
#3,958
13 births · 1 in 129,770 girls

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #3,958Chelsey13
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 129,770 of them was named Chelsey, which outranked 54.5% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chelsey
  1. #3,774Yvetta14
  2. #3,774Zenia14
  3. #3,774Zonia14
  4. #3,958Chelsey13
  5. #3,958Albertine13
  6. #3,958Alex13
  7. #3,958Andreia13
  8. #4,198Alayna12
  9. #4,198Albertha12
  10. #4,198Allyn12

Tied with 239 names at #3,958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1969 →