Chelsia — girls' name
387 babies named Chelsia in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
387 girls have been named Chelsia since 1969, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2009.
- 387
- total births
- 1969–2009
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Chelsia was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Chelsia in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chelsia
The Social Security Administration has registered 387 babies named Chelsia between 1969 and 2009, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chelsia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chelsia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chelsia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chelsia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chelsia 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 387 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.
Chelsia at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chelsia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1969
- Peak year (1992)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
387 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 41 births in a single year.
Chelsia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 181 births that decade — 47% of Chelsia's all-time total
Chelsia decade highlights
- Peak decade 181 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chelsia's strongest decade
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Chelsia by state
Where Chelsia concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7 | 1.8% |
7 of 387 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1969–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.