Girls' name · since 1984
Chelsay
49 babies named Chelsay in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,191 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
49 girls have been named Chelsay since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Chelsay recorded 49 times among girls since 1984, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 1992.
- #35,191 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 49 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chelsay ranks #35,191 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,191 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chelsay's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chelsay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chelsay's full recorded timeline at 1989, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chelsay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1992
- Peak year (1991)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Chelsay by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (26 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Chelsay's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Chelsay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 26 births (53% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chelsay: 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 (~8 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, 1984–1992 (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 Chelsay 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.