# Chelsey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chelsey/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 31,563 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 65 / 31,498 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,718, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 182 | 1,294 |
| 2012 | 161 | 1,418 |
| 2013 | 147 | 1,502 |
| 2014 | 140 | 1,558 |
| 2015 | 123 | 1,712 |
| 2016 | 102 | 1,959 |
| 2017 | 83 | 2,261 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,654 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,457 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3,406 |
| 2021 | 46 | 3,400 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,397 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,720 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,484 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,370 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 7 | 5,063 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,236 |
| 1986 | 5 | 6,898 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,583 |
| 1988 | 16 | 3,233 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,718 |
| 1990 | 9 | 5,450 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,571 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 109 | 386 |
| 2007 | 129 | 336 |
| 2008 | 71 | 537 |
| 2009 | 58 | 638 |
| 2010 | 45 | 801 |
| 2011 | 35 | 989 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,484 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,549 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |

## People named Chelsey

- Chelsey Reist, Canadian actress, television host and dancer

## 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.