Girls' name · since 1983
Chelcey
152 babies named Chelcey in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,623 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 152
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
152 girls have been named Chelcey since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chelcey has been recorded 152 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2005.
- #22,623 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 152 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chelcey ranks #22,623 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 152 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,623 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 152
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chelcey's 152 recorded births place it above 68.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chelcey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chelcey's full recorded timeline at 1992, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chelcey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2005
- Peak year (1990)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Chelcey by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (92 births, 61% of the file).
1990s was Chelcey's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Chelcey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 92 births (61% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chelcey's data
- Chelcey's decade-level peak was the 1990s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chelcey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1983–2005 (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 Chelcey 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.