Chelese — girls' name
46 babies named Chelese in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
46 girls have been named Chelese since 1971, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1998.
- 46
- total births
- 1971–1998
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Chelese was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Chelese in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chelese
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Chelese between 1971 and 1998, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chelese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chelese performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chelese shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chelese 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 46 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.
Chelese at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chelese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1971
- Peak year (1993)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
46 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 10 births in a single year.
Chelese by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 30 births that decade — 65% of Chelese's all-time total
Chelese decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chelese's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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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, 1971–1998 (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.