Chelesa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chelesa

The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Chelesa between 1969 and 1998, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chelesa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chelesa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chelesa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chelesa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chelesa 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 180 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.