Chelette — girls' name
16 babies named Chelette in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 girls have been named Chelette since 1970, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1976.
- 16
- total births
- 1970–1976
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Chelette was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Chelette in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chelette
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Chelette between 1970 and 1976, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chelette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chelette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chelette 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 16 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.
Chelette at a glance
Last recorded 1976Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chelette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1970
- Peak year (1971)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1976.
16 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 6 births in a single year.
Chelette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 16 births that decade — 100% of Chelette's all-time total
Chelette decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Chelette's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1970–1976 (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.