Chelsa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chelsa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,107 babies named Chelsa between 1969 and 2007, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chelsa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 80 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chelsa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 439 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chelsa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Chelsa in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chelsa 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 1,107 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.