Chelsea was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #15 in 1992 but is far less common today.
Chelsea is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #851 for girl births in the United States (and #1,618 across all names), given to 319 babies. Chelsea was first reported in SSA data in 1910 and peaked in 1992 (16,177 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 319 | 319 | #851 | — |
| 2024 | 358 | 358 | #787 | — |
| 2023 | 397 | 397 | #712 | — |
| 2022 | 424 | 424 | #693 | — |
| 2021 | 466 | 466 | #635 | — |
| 2020 | 449 | 449 | #644 | — |
| 2019 | 557 | 557 | #547 | — |
| 2018 | 669 | 669 | #471 | #12,515 |
| 2017 | 818 | 818 | #381 | — |
| 2016 | 933 | 933 | #354 | — |
| 2015 | 1,063 | 1,063 | #309 | #10,924 |
| 2014 | 1,196 | 1,196 | #275 | — |
| 2013 | 1,179 | 1,184 | #271 | — |
| 2012 | 1,356 | 1,356 | #235 | — |
| 2011 | 1,425 | 1,425 | #222 | — |
| 2010 | 1,417 | 1,423 | #223 | — |
| 2009 | 1,429 | 1,429 | #232 | — |
| 2008 | 1,518 | 1,523 | #222 | — |
| 2007 | 1,644 | 1,650 | #209 | — |
| 2006 | 1,824 | 1,829 | #192 | — |
| 2005 | 1,734 | 1,734 | #200 | — |
| 2004 | 1,763 | 1,769 | #195 | #6,597 |
| 2003 | 1,838 | 1,843 | #176 | — |
| 2002 | 1,792 | 1,792 | #179 | #8,608 |
| 2001 | 2,120 | 2,120 | #153 | — |
| 2000 | 2,380 | 2,386 | #140 | — |
| 1999 | 2,733 | 2,742 | #122 | #7,256 |
| 1998 | 3,525 | 3,537 | #94 | #7,697 |
| 1997 | 4,468 | — | #73 | #7,407 |
| 1996 | 5,873 | — | #55 | #6,069 |
| 1995 | 6,775 | — | #47 | #4,313 |
| 1994 | 7,732 | — | #38 | #4,330 |
| 1993 | 11,305 | — | #25 | #3,522 |
| 1992 | 16,199 | — | #15 | #3,018 |
| 1991 | 13,541 | — | #18 | #2,237 |
| 1990 | 12,818 | — | #24 | #2,180 |
| 1989 | 11,301 | — | #27 | #1,620 |
| 1988 | 8,909 | — | #33 | #2,092 |
| 1987 | 6,653 | — | #47 | #2,482 |
| 1986 | 3,772 | — | #73 | #2,699 |
| 1985 | 3,631 | — | #75 | #2,731 |
| 1984 | 3,548 | — | #84 | #2,627 |
| 1983 | 2,720 | — | #102 | #3,434 |
| 1982 | 1,723 | — | #170 | #4,660 |
| 1981 | 542 | — | #408 | — |
| 1980 | 545 | — | #412 | #6,404 |
| 1979 | 450 | — | #458 | #4,921 |
| 1978 | 512 | — | #410 | #4,629 |
| 1977 | 482 | — | #421 | — |
| 1976 | 447 | — | #442 | #5,025 |
| 1975 | 357 | — | #509 | #4,896 |
| 1974 | 377 | — | #474 | — |
| 1973 | 240 | — | #631 | — |
| 1972 | 218 | — | #678 | — |
| 1971 | 202 | — | #740 | — |
| 1970 | 226 | — | #692 | — |
| 1969 | 201 | — | #702 | — |
| 1968 | 42 | — | #1,835 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,129 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #4,933 | — |
| 1965 | 7 | — | #5,363 | — |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #5,075 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #5,979 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #6,701 | — |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #4,497 | — |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #5,111 | — |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #5,482 | — |
| 1956 | 5 | — | — | #4,028 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #4,731 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #5,680 | — |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #4,821 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | — | — | #3,506 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #4,728 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,310 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,518 | — |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #4,664 | #4,089 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #3,926 | — |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #4,960 | — |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #4,522 | — |
| 1924 | 6 | — | — | #3,954 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #4,079 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | — | — | #4,405 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | #4,946 | #3,460 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | #3,937 | #3,798 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | — | #3,229 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,492 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | — | #3,340 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,472 | — |