Chelsi

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
1991 · 339 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,050
since 1969

Chelsi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chelsi has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #648, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024—
2023#10,3129
2022#15,3065
2021—
2020#13,4536
2019#11,3568
2018#13,7936
2017#9,34111
2016#7,23016
2015#7,26616
2014#10,12910
2013#5,64423
2012#6,87218
2011#4,91528
2010#4,39733
2009#4,93129
2008#4,26836
2007#3,16854
2006#3,26450
2005#3,40444
2004#4,09334
2003#3,34743
2002#2,93550
2001#2,88150
2000#2,85450
1999#2,70351
1998#1,97776
1997#1,475111
1996#1,036180
1995#697303
1994#1,066170
1993#773267
1992#677324
1991#648339
1990#761271
1989#666304
1988#729257
1987#1,005155
1986#1,215114
1985#1,239110
1984#1,190110
1983#1,32890
1982#2,32742
1981#3,85920
1980#5,91211
1979#3,44223
1978#5,21412
1977#4,65214
1976#4,61413
1975#5,16111
1974#4,45913
1973#6,6667
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1971#7,3886
1970#7,9955
1969#7,4715
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five girls were named Chelsi! It came in at #7,471, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Chelsi is popular in 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,265 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,908 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,067 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,410 girlsMINew York: #1,209 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,433 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedINOhio: #913 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,875 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,832 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 20,889 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedWVVirginia: #840 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,829 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedARTennessee: #644 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,936 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #426 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,282 girlsOKLouisiana: #463 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,694 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedMSAlabama: #416 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,571 girlsALGeorgia: #1,018 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,302 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chelsi, so not publishedHITexas: #779 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 5,815 girlsTXFlorida: #1,186 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,390 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#416 · 1 in 2,571
  2. Oklahoma#426 · 1 in 2,282
  3. Louisiana#463 · 1 in 2,694
  4. Tennessee#644 · 1 in 4,936
  5. Texas#779 · 1 in 5,815

Best ever in a state: #146 in Idaho, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#41681 in 2,571
Oklahoma#42671 in 2,282
Louisiana#46381 in 2,694
Tennessee#64461 in 4,936
Texas#779241 in 5,815
Virginia#84051 in 6,829
Ohio#91371 in 8,875
Georgia#1,01851 in 8,302
Michigan#1,06751 in 10,410
Florida#1,18671 in 10,390
New York#1,209101 in 10,433
Illinois#1,26561 in 11,908
California#1,832111 in 20,889
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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 Chelsi
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,521 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #11,932)
  • 4,666 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1995 (#1,066 → #697)
  • Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1996 (#697 → #1,036)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 1991 at #648 (339 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1988–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,531
  • Highest: 1 in 5,531 girls born in 1991 were named Chelsi (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 51.7% of all girls named Chelsi (2,092) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#7,471 (1969)#7,471
1970s104#3,442 (1979)#5,510
1980s1,213#666 (1989)#1,947
1990s2,092#648 (1991)#1,181
2000s440#2,854 (2000)#3,515
2010s169#4,397 (2010)#8,094
2020s27#10,312 (2023)#12,751

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.

Chelsi in 1996

girls
#1,036
180 births · 1 in 9,739 girls

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #1,036Chelsi180
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 9,739 of them was named Chelsi, which outranked 93.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chelsi
  1. #1,032Maci181
  2. #1,032Raegan181
  3. #1,032Tiarra181
  4. #1,036Chelsi180
  5. #1,036Eunice180
  6. #1,036Leila180
  7. #1,036Ryann180
  8. #1,040Daria179
  9. #1,040Jodie179
  10. #1,042Danica178

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

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →