Chelci — girls' name
236 babies named Chelci in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
236 girls have been named Chelci since 1983, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2008.
- 236
- total births
- 1983–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Chelci was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Chelci in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chelci
The Social Security Administration has registered 236 babies named Chelci between 1983 and 2008, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chelci currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chelci performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chelci shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chelci in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chelci in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 236 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chelci at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chelci popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1983
- Peak year (1992)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
236 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 34 births in a single year.
Chelci by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 141 births that decade — 60% of Chelci's all-time total
Chelci decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chelci's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Chelci by state
Where Chelci concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 14 | 5.9% |
14 of 236 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.