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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #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 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsey, so not publishedAKMaine: #155 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 573 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #157 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 614 girlsNHWashington: #378 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,045 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #102 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 316 girlsNDMinnesota: #211 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,135 girlsMNIllinois: #343 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,942 girlsILWisconsin: #246 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,317 girlsWIMichigan: #219 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,155 girlsMINew York: #459 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,886 girlsNYMassachusetts: #406 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,891 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsey, so not publishedRIOregon: #268 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,241 girlsORNevada: #208 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 854 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsey, so not publishedSDIowa: #204 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 980 girlsIAIndiana: #211 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,058 girlsINOhio: #185 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 997 girlsOHPennsylvania: #342 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,158 girlsPANew Jersey: #505 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,480 girlsNJConnecticut: #311 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,715 girlsCTCalifornia: #628 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 4,127 girlsCAUtah: #282 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,299 girlsUTColorado: #520 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,993 girlsCONebraska: #217 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,028 girlsNEMissouri: #156 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 798 girlsMOKentucky: #114 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 470 girlsKYWest Virginia: #97 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 367 girlsWVVirginia: #234 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,232 girlsVAMaryland: #317 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,689 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsey, so not publishedDEArizona: #378 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,872 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsey, so not publishedNMKansas: #338 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,777 girlsKSArkansas: #357 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,913 girlsARTennessee: #86 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 377 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #250 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,381 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #210 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,007 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #176 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 764 girlsOKLouisiana: #95 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 408 girlsLAMississippi: #135 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 548 girlsMSAlabama: #193 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 902 girlsALGeorgia: #171 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 822 girlsGAHawaii: #197 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 624 girlsHITexas: #305 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 1,627 girlsTXFlorida: #234 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 1,265 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#86 · 1 in 377
  2. Louisiana#95 · 1 in 408
  3. West Virginia#97 · 1 in 367
  4. North Dakota#102 · 1 in 316
  5. Kentucky#114 · 1 in 470

Best ever in a state: #19 in North Dakota, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#86781 in 377
Louisiana#95531 in 408
West Virginia#97201 in 367
North Dakota#10291 in 316
Kentucky#114421 in 470
Mississippi#135211 in 548
Maine#15581 in 573
Missouri#156371 in 798
New Hampshire#15781 in 614
Georgia#171521 in 822
Oklahoma#176221 in 764
Ohio#185621 in 997
Alabama#193231 in 902
Hawaii#19761 in 624
Iowa#204141 in 980
Nevada#208101 in 854
South Carolina#210161 in 1,007
Indiana#211311 in 1,058
Minnesota#211221 in 1,135
Nebraska#21781 in 1,028
Michigan#219451 in 1,155
Florida#234581 in 1,265
Virginia#234271 in 1,232
Wisconsin#246191 in 1,317
North Carolina#250291 in 1,381
Oregon#268131 in 1,241
Utah#282121 in 1,299
Texas#305861 in 1,627
Connecticut#31191 in 1,715
Maryland#317141 in 1,689
Kansas#33871 in 1,777
Pennsylvania#342271 in 2,158
Illinois#343361 in 1,942
Arkansas#35761 in 1,913
Arizona#378151 in 1,872
Washington#378141 in 2,045
Massachusetts#406111 in 2,891
New York#459351 in 2,886
New Jersey#505121 in 3,480
Colorado#52071 in 2,993
California#628541 in 4,127
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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
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 1997

girls
#263
1,099 births · 1 in 1,584 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #263Chelsey1,099
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 1,584 of them was named Chelsey, which outranked 98.4% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chelsey
  1. #260Kyla1,116
  2. #261Brandy1,112
  3. #262Meredith1,108
  4. #263Chelsey1,099
  5. #263Linda1,099
  6. #265Ashleigh1,097
  7. #266Clarissa1,093
  8. #267Sophie1,081

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →