girl's name

Chelsa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,123

Chelsa is a girl's name. In 2007 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 80 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1969.

Chelsa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2007, not a full ten years.

439
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Chelsa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 15
1970s 191
1980s 439
1990s 418
2000s (to 2007) 44

How popular is Chelsa?

In 2007, Chelsa was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Chelsa is used

Canada #1,734 9 in 1993
United States #15,410 7 in 2007

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 Chelsa

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

Parents who like Chelsa also like

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

Sibling names for Chelsa

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

Common questions about Chelsa

How popular is the name Chelsa?

In 2007, Chelsa was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Chelsa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Chelsa most popular?

Chelsa peaked in 1990, when 80 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.