Chelsea — #785 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Chelsea

The Social Security Administration has registered 162,562 babies named Chelsea between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chelsea currently holds the #785 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 16,177 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chelsea performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 84,804 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Chelsea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17,600 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Chelsea in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chelsea 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 162,562 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.