Chelsea
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning chalk landing place or port.
Babies a year
813
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#851
down from #784
UK popularity
#983
35 babies
How Chelsea has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #308 |
| 2016 | #354 |
| 2017 | #381 |
| 2018 | #471 |
| 2019 | #547 |
| 2020 | #644 |
| 2021 | #634 |
| 2022 | #692 |
| 2023 | #710 |
| 2024 | #784 |
| 2025 | #851 |
In 2025, 35 babies in England and Wales were named Chelsea. In the US, 813 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 16,174 in 1992.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Chelsea was most common in 1990, when it went to 0.62% of American babies of that sex.
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