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Chelsea

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~160,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#851 among girls
Births in 2025
319 163,335 since 1880
Typical age
33 years, median

Chelsea popularity over time

Chelsea rank by birth year, 1910–2025Chelsea ranked #2,398 in 1910 and #851 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #15, in 1992.#100#1,000#851best #15 in 1992192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1910–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Chelsea was used most in 1992, when 16,199 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1910. Across the record, 15 years put Chelsea in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #851, on 319 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 70%. It slipped 64 places against the previous year.

Babies named Chelsea per yearPeaks at 16,199 births in 1992.16,199 in 19920192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Chelsea?

Roughly 160,300 Chelseas are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 163,335 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Chelsea?

Half of living Chelseas are older than 33, half younger. The 1990s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Chelsea a millennial-era name.

Your Chelsea

Ages of living people named ChelseaHalf of living Chelseas are older than 33 and half younger.median 33020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Chelsea is most common

Relative to births, New York carries 2.4× the national share of Chelseas. New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia follow.

Where Chelsea is used more than average5 states use the name Chelsea more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 2.4× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.1× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.4× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: 1.5× the national rateVAMaryland: 2.1× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Chelsea is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 652 2.4×
New Jersey 254 2.1×
Maryland 152 2.1×
Virginia 170 1.5×
California 825 1.4×

Is Chelsea a boy's or a girl's name?

100% girls0% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Across the whole record, 99.7% of births under the name were girls. The dominant sex is not the same at the end of the record as at the start.

Chelsea in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Chelsea ranked #983 in 2025 on 35 births. That is 19% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Chelsea comes from

From Old English Ċealchȳþ, from cealc + hȳþ.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Chelsea

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Chelsea Manning American activist and whistleblower 1987 68
Chelsea Clinton American author and global health advocate 1980 57
Chelsea Kane American actress and singer 1988 36
Chelsea Handler American comedian, actress, author and talk show host 1975 33
Chelsea Peretti American comedian and actress 1978 29
Chelsea Charms American adult model and stripper 1976 21
Chelsea Wolfe American singer-songwriter 1983 20
Chelsea Green Canadian professional wrestler 1991 20
Photo credits (5)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 542 in 1981 to 1,723 in 1982 — 3.2 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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