Chelse — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chelse

The Social Security Administration has registered 838 babies named Chelse between 1974 and 2010, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chelse currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chelse performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 456 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chelse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Chelse in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chelse 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 838 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.