Girls' name · since 1915
Chellie
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 171 babies named Chellie, peaking in 1974. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chellie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 171 have been recorded since 1915.
Chellie has 171 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1983.
- #21,411 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 171 born since 1915
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chellie ranks #21,411 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 171 born since 1915, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chellie's 171 recorded births place it above 70.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chellie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chellie's SSA record in two at 1969 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chellie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1983
- Peak year (1974)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Chellie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (65 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Chellie's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Chellie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 21
1910s
21 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
50 births
- 1970s
1970s
65 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 65 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Chellie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chellie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~68 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, 1915–1983 (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 Chellie 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.