Chelsey Girl
How popular is Chelsey?
#6,324 girl name in 2025
18 baby girls were named Chelsey in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
Chelsey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,324 for girls (▼ 884 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-85% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,711 in 2015, #3,399 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (2,880 girls) |
| Highest rank | #117 in 1992 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Chelsey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Chelsey family of names ranked #2,184 for girls in 2025 (#2,353 the year before), with 58 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Chelsey is most popular
Babies named Chelsey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Chelsey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1970s | 497 | #1,394 |
| 1980s | 8,927 | #140 |
| 1990s | 16,838 | #117 |
| 2000s | 3,737 | #475 |
| 2010s | 1,281 | #1,180 |
| 2020s | 205 | #3,389 |
Girl names about as popular as Chelsey
Questions
- Is Chelsey a boy or girl name?
- Chelsey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Chelsey were girls.
- How popular is the name Chelsey?
- 18 baby girls were named Chelsey in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
- When was Chelsey most popular?
- Chelsey peaked in 1992, when 2,880 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #117 in 1992.
- How many people are named Chelsey?
- 31,563 babies have been named Chelsey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 30,975 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Chelsey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Chelsey was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.