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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Chelsey has never cracked the top 100 here.
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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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 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#19 · 1 in 92
- Hawaii#40 · 1 in 174
- South Dakota#41 · 1 in 167
- Utah#47 · 1 in 217
- Iowa#61 · 1 in 252
Best ever in a state: #19 in North Dakota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #19 | 41 | 1 in 92 |
| Hawaii | #40 | 29 | 1 in 174 |
| South Dakota | #41 | 22 | 1 in 167 |
| Utah | #47 | 62 | 1 in 217 |
| Iowa | #61 | 63 | 1 in 252 |
| Maine | #66 | 25 | 1 in 252 |
| Kansas | #67 | 48 | 1 in 294 |
| Idaho | #69 | 19 | 1 in 270 |
| Minnesota | #71 | 88 | 1 in 321 |
| Wyoming | #77 | 7 | 1 in 258 |
| Nebraska | #79 | 29 | 1 in 314 |
| Oklahoma | #81 | 45 | 1 in 383 |
| Tennessee | #82 | 69 | 1 in 432 |
| Colorado | #88 | 51 | 1 in 404 |
| Montana | #91 | 10 | 1 in 359 |
| Kentucky | #92 | 42 | 1 in 507 |
| Vermont | #92 | 8 | 1 in 343 |
| Wisconsin | #103 | 57 | 1 in 514 |
| Oregon | #104 | 32 | 1 in 502 |
| Ohio | #106 | 118 | 1 in 592 |
| Missouri | #109 | 58 | 1 in 561 |
| New Hampshire | #112 | 13 | 1 in 530 |
| Louisiana | #115 | 40 | 1 in 644 |
| West Virginia | #118 | 15 | 1 in 586 |
| Arkansas | #121 | 21 | 1 in 595 |
| Indiana | #122 | 54 | 1 in 636 |
| Arizona | #123 | 37 | 1 in 687 |
| Michigan | #124 | 91 | 1 in 664 |
| Mississippi | #124 | 23 | 1 in 595 |
| Pennsylvania | #124 | 101 | 1 in 711 |
| Washington | #124 | 47 | 1 in 627 |
| Georgia | #130 | 59 | 1 in 709 |
| South Carolina | #137 | 27 | 1 in 733 |
| Alaska | #139 | 7 | 1 in 505 |
| Florida | #145 | 95 | 1 in 811 |
| Connecticut | #148 | 24 | 1 in 797 |
| Nevada | #153 | 8 | 1 in 768 |
| Alabama | #166 | 24 | 1 in 944 |
| North Carolina | #170 | 40 | 1 in 1,017 |
| Maryland | #182 | 24 | 1 in 1,154 |
| Illinois | #185 | 74 | 1 in 1,045 |
| New Mexico | #185 | 11 | 1 in 832 |
| Virginia | #187 | 32 | 1 in 1,160 |
| Massachusetts | #191 | 35 | 1 in 1,100 |
| New York | #204 | 96 | 1 in 1,237 |
| Texas | #211 | 111 | 1 in 1,202 |
| California | #288 | 151 | 1 in 1,616 |
| New Jersey | #493 | 13 | 1 in 3,691 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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 Chelsey
- 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)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1992 at #117 (2,880 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1982–2007
- Highest: 1 in 640 girls born in 1992 were named Chelsey (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 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.
Chelsey in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 837 of them was named Chelsey, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 250,116 of them was named Chelsey, which outranked 39.2% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #5,615Chelsey8
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- #6,229Aarin7
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Tied with 613 names at #5,615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.