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 1993
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#48 · 1 in 178
- Wyoming#54 · 1 in 172
- West Virginia#58 · 1 in 234
- Tennessee#71 · 1 in 325
- Kentucky#74 · 1 in 322
Best ever in a state: #19 in North Dakota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #48 | 18 | 1 in 178 |
| Wyoming | #54 | 9 | 1 in 172 |
| West Virginia | #58 | 36 | 1 in 234 |
| Tennessee | #71 | 90 | 1 in 325 |
| Kentucky | #74 | 62 | 1 in 322 |
| South Dakota | #80 | 12 | 1 in 280 |
| Maine | #85 | 17 | 1 in 309 |
| Georgia | #86 | 97 | 1 in 417 |
| Mississippi | #86 | 32 | 1 in 388 |
| Iowa | #88 | 40 | 1 in 372 |
| Arkansas | #89 | 29 | 1 in 400 |
| Louisiana | #91 | 53 | 1 in 436 |
| Alabama | #93 | 45 | 1 in 474 |
| Alaska | #94 | 10 | 1 in 302 |
| Kansas | #94 | 34 | 1 in 380 |
| Minnesota | #97 | 62 | 1 in 417 |
| South Carolina | #97 | 39 | 1 in 451 |
| Hawaii | #99 | 13 | 1 in 364 |
| Indiana | #100 | 72 | 1 in 461 |
| Oklahoma | #100 | 38 | 1 in 433 |
| Missouri | #104 | 65 | 1 in 470 |
| Utah | #107 | 30 | 1 in 451 |
| Wisconsin | #110 | 49 | 1 in 553 |
| Montana | #114 | 9 | 1 in 360 |
| Ohio | #117 | 115 | 1 in 574 |
| Idaho | #128 | 11 | 1 in 502 |
| Nebraska | #128 | 16 | 1 in 531 |
| Rhode Island | #130 | 9 | 1 in 554 |
| New Hampshire | #137 | 9 | 1 in 609 |
| Washington | #143 | 43 | 1 in 691 |
| North Carolina | #144 | 53 | 1 in 724 |
| Pennsylvania | #145 | 86 | 1 in 770 |
| Arizona | #146 | 41 | 1 in 641 |
| Connecticut | #150 | 23 | 1 in 772 |
| Texas | #164 | 166 | 1 in 825 |
| Oregon | #166 | 22 | 1 in 726 |
| Florida | #167 | 85 | 1 in 876 |
| Virginia | #170 | 40 | 1 in 881 |
| Michigan | #182 | 56 | 1 in 989 |
| Maryland | #184 | 27 | 1 in 951 |
| Illinois | #190 | 72 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Colorado | #197 | 21 | 1 in 965 |
| New Mexico | #198 | 11 | 1 in 842 |
| Nevada | #205 | 8 | 1 in 879 |
| New York | #217 | 91 | 1 in 1,243 |
| Massachusetts | #251 | 23 | 1 in 1,490 |
| New Jersey | #315 | 22 | 1 in 2,023 |
| California | #337 | 136 | 1 in 1,835 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 840 of them was named Chelsey, which outranked 99.1% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.