Girls' name · since 1983
Chelcia
20 babies named Chelcia 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.
- #45,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chelcia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 20 recorded since 1983.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chelcia has been recorded 20 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 1994.
- #45,874 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chelcia ranks #45,874 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #45,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chelcia's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chelcia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chelcia's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chelcia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1994
- Peak year (1992)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Chelcia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (13 births, 65% of the file).
1990s was Chelcia's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Chelcia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chelcia: 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 (~11 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, 1983–1994 (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 Chelcia 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.