Girls' name · since 1985
Chealsey
Chealsey has 128 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chealsey is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 128 have been recorded since 1985.
Chealsey has 128 recorded births among girls since 1985, 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 1985 to 2005.
- #24,383 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 128 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chealsey ranks #24,383 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 128 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chealsey's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chealsey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chealsey's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 37% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 63%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chealsey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2005
- Peak year (1992)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Chealsey by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (94 births, 73% of the file).
1990s was Chealsey's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Chealsey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 94 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Chealsey's decade-level peak was the 1990s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chealsey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1985–2005 (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 Chealsey 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.