# Chelsea (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chelsea/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “chalk”, “landing place” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Chels |
| Variant spellings | Chelsey |
| US babies named this | 163,335 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 451 / 162,884 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,084, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English Ċealchȳþ, from cealc (“chalk”) + hȳþ (“landing place”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,425 | 222 |
| 2012 | 1,356 | 235 |
| 2013 | 1,179 | 271 |
| 2014 | 1,196 | 275 |
| 2015 | 1,057 | 309 |
| 2016 | 933 | 354 |
| 2017 | 818 | 381 |
| 2018 | 664 | 471 |
| 2019 | 557 | 547 |
| 2020 | 449 | 644 |
| 2021 | 466 | 635 |
| 2022 | 424 | 693 |
| 2023 | 397 | 712 |
| 2024 | 358 | 787 |
| 2025 | 319 | 851 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 49 | 1,620 |
| 1990 | 33 | 2,180 |
| 1991 | 32 | 2,237 |
| 1992 | 22 | 3,018 |
| 1993 | 18 | 3,522 |
| 1994 | 14 | 4,330 |
| 1995 | 14 | 4,313 |
| 1996 | 9 | 6,069 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,407 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7,697 |
| 1999 | 8 | 7,256 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8,608 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6,597 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,924 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,515 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 143 | 336 |
| 2012 | 150 | 326 |
| 2013 | 130 | 350 |
| 2014 | 91 | 473 |
| 2015 | 95 | 455 |
| 2016 | 89 | 485 |
| 2017 | 83 | 514 |
| 2018 | 50 | 767 |
| 2019 | 41 | 881 |
| 2020 | 43 | 840 |
| 2021 | 47 | 779 |
| 2022 | 41 | 857 |
| 2023 | 35 | 981 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,230 |
| 2025 | 35 | 983 |

## People named Chelsea

- Chelsea Manning, American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)
- Chelsea Clinton, American author and global health advocate
- Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer
- Chelsea Handler, American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
- Chelsea Peretti, American comedian and actress
- Chelsea Green, Canadian professional wrestler
- Chelsea Charms, American adult model and stripper
- Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
- Chelsea Field, American actress
- Chelsea Gray, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Chelsea Johnson, American pole vaulter
- Chelsea Hodges, Australian swimmer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.