Chelsey
Chelsey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 23 births. Its best rank was 117th, in 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 230.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19922,880 births
- Best rank
- #117in 1992
- Since 1969
- 31,478people given the name
The story in the numbers
31,478 girls have been named Chelsey in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 2,880 births — 0.16% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 23 births in 2024, against 2,880 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1990s alone account for 53%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1992, its biggest year
Chelsey was the 117th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Chelsey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Chelsiepeak 1992
- Shaniecepeak 1992
- Chelsipeak 1991
- Chelseapeak 1992
- Chelseepeak 1992
- Tierapeak 1993
- Britneepeak 1988
- Tesiapeak 1991
Other spellings in the data
- Kelsey155,383 ever
- Kelsie19,507 ever
- Chelsie13,837 ever
- Kelsi10,113 ever
- Chelsi4,043 ever
- Chelsy3,303 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.