girl's name

Chelly

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 202

Chelly is a girl's name. In 1982 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1964, when 14 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1959.

Chelly over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1982, not a full ten years.

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Births named Chelly by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 7
1960s 80
1970s 59
1980s (to 1982) 6

How popular is Chelly?

In 1982, Chelly was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Chelly is used

France #6,115 5 in 2016
United States #9,326 6 in 1982

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Chelly

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Chelly also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Chelly over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Chelly

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Chelly — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Chelly

How popular is the name Chelly?

In 1982, Chelly was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Chelly a girl's or a boy's name?

Chelly is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Chelly most popular?

Chelly peaked in 1964, when 14 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.