How Many People Are Named Chelsey?
people named Chelsey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,063 people in the US has this name
Based on 31,563 babies named Chelsey in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,886 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CHELSEA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Chelsey in English. Counting Chelsey and these spellings together, about 204,217 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Chelsey (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chelsey alive today is about 32 years old, and 71% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chelsey first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 1992, to 2,886 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Chelsey has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #117, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #6,369.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,369 |
| Best rank | #117 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #178 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chelsey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chelsey were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,226 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chelsey was given 4.7 times as often in North Dakota, 2.5 times in Hawaii and 2.5 times in Utah.
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