Girls' name · since 1987
Chealsea
Chealsea has 225 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 225
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chealsea is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 225 have been recorded since 1987.
Chealsea has 225 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2008.
- #18,606 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 225 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chealsea ranks #18,606 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 225 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 225
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chealsea's 225 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Chealsea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chealsea's full recorded timeline at 1997, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chealsea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2008
- Peak year (1993)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Chealsea by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (145 births, 64% of the file).
1990s was Chealsea's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Chealsea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
145 births
- 2000s 52
2000s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 145 births (64% of all-time use).
Chealsea by state
Where Chealsea concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 225 births nationwide.
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- Chealsea's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (145 total births) through the 2000s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Chealseas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chealsea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chealsea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.