Girls' name · since 1963
Chelley
18 babies named Chelley in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,859 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1963
- 1960s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Chelley since 1963, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chelley has 18 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 1968.
- #46,859 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1963
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chelley ranks #46,859 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1963, peaking in the 1960s.
- #46,859 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1963
- 1960s
- peak decade
Chelley's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chelley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chelley's SSA record in two at 1964 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1963, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chelley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1968
- Peak year (1964)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Chelley by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
1960s was Chelley's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Chelley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chelley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1963–1968 (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 Chelley 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.