Chelsea
Rank in 2025
#851
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
319
girls 319
Peak year
1992
16,177 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
163,335
since 1910
Born a Chelsea? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Chelsea was most popular in 1992, when 16,177 babies recorded as girls got the name (8.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 319 babies were named Chelsea, ranking #851 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 33%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 319 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 358 | 787 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 397 | 712 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 424 | 693 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 466 | 635 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 449 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 557 | 545 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 664 | 471 | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | 818 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 933 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,057 | 309 | 6 | 10644 |
| 2014 | 1,196 | 275 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,179 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,356 | 235 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,425 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,417 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,429 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,518 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,644 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,824 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,734 | 200 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,752 | 195 | 11 | 6520 |
| 2003 | 1,838 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,785 | 179 | 7 | 8456 |
| 2001 | 2,120 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 2,380 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 2,725 | 122 | 8 | 7139 |
| 1998 | 3,518 | 94 | 7 | 7560 |
| 1997 | 4,461 | 73 | 7 | 7281 |
| 1996 | 5,864 | 55 | 9 | 5982 |
| 1995 | 6,761 | 47 | 14 | 4280 |
| 1994 | 7,718 | 38 | 14 | 4290 |
| 1993 | 11,287 | 25 | 18 | 3501 |
| 1992 | 16,177 | 15 | 22 | 2999 |
| 1991 | 13,509 | 18 | 32 | 2227 |
| 1990 | 12,785 | 24 | 33 | 2170 |
| 1989 | 11,252 | 27 | 49 | 1615 |
| 1988 | 8,879 | 33 | 30 | 2090 |
| 1987 | 6,631 | 47 | 22 | 2468 |
| 1986 | 3,753 | 73 | 19 | 2684 |
| 1985 | 3,613 | 75 | 18 | 2710 |
| 1984 | 3,530 | 84 | 18 | 2613 |
| 1983 | 2,708 | 102 | 12 | 3411 |
| 1982 | 1,715 | 170 | 8 | 4593 |
| 1981 | 542 | 408 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 540 | 412 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 443 | 458 | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | 505 | 409 | 7 | 4554 |
| 1977 | 482 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 441 | 442 | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | 351 | 509 | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | 377 | 474 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 240 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 218 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 202 | 740 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 226 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 201 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 42 | 1834 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | 6042 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | 4866 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 7 | 5289 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 8 | 5008 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | 5891 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | 6567 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 9 | 4437 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 7 | 5031 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 6 | 5377 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 5 | 3942 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 7 | 4655 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | 5563 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 6 | 4738 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 5 | 3430 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 5 | 4622 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | 4204 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | 4411 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | 4550 | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 7 | 3875 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 5 | 4851 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 6 | 4426 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 7 | 4011 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 5 | 4286 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4814 | 7 | 3391 |
| 1918 | 7 | 3869 | 6 | 3728 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 7 | 3177 |
| 1915 | 7 | 3434 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 5 | 3264 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | 2398 | <5 | — |
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Where Chelsea is most popular
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years