Chelsey — #5462 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Chelsey

The Social Security Administration has registered 31,478 babies named Chelsey between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chelsey currently holds the #5462 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 2,880 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chelsey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16,837 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Chelsey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,272 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Chelsey in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chelsey 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 31,478 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.