Girls' name · since 1987
Chellsea
Chellsea has 141 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 141
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chellsea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 141 recorded since 1987.
Chellsea has 141 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2006.
- #23,402 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 141 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chellsea ranks #23,402 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 141 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 141
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chellsea's 141 recorded births place it above 67.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chellsea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chellsea's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 40% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 60%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chellsea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2006
- Peak year (1991)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Chellsea by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (93 births, 66% of the file).
1990s was Chellsea's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Chellsea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 32
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
93 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 93 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Chellsea's decade-level peak was the 1990s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2000s -- 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 Chellsea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1987–2006 (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 Chellsea 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.