Chelsey
Chelsey was the 6370th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 117th with 2,880 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,658 places. More babies were named Chelsey in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Chelsea) chalk landing place (London place name) · Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #6,370 girls, down 2,964 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 18girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19922,880 babies
- Total since 1880
- 31,563babies recorded
What does the name Chelsey mean?
Chelsey is a spelling of Chelsea, pronounced the same way, so it shares Chelsea's meaning and origin.
Chelsea is a district of west London on the Thames. Wiktionary traces it to Old English Cealchȳth, from cealc, chalk, and hȳth, landing place, so "chalk wharf," perhaps where chalk or lime was unloaded. Several American places, including Chelsea, Massachusetts, took the name. As a girls' name it has been used in the US since 1910 and was most popular around 1990.
cealc (Old English, “chalk”)hȳþ (Old English, “landing place”)
How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary only; the 'unloading chalk' explanation is an inference.
Related names: Chelsey, Chelsie, Kelsey.
See also: English names, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Chelsea' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Chelsey popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 65 since 1984.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,370 | 18 |
| 2020 | #3,406 | 45 |
| 2010 | #1,181 | 206 |
| 2000 | #475 | 580 |
| 1990 | #128 | 2,447 |
| 1980 | #1,460 | 83 |
| 1970 | #3,608 | 17 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Chelsey, counting every spelling?
Chelsey is a spelling of Chelsea, a name family that ranked #739 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #6,370 for Chelsey on its own. Together these spellings went to 377 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 319 | #851 | 1,964 |
| Chelsey | 18 | #6,370 | 160 |
| Chelsie | 18 | #6,371 | 95 |
| Chelsy | 15 | #7,211 | 78 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Chelsey?
18 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chelsey (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Chelsey born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 465 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chelsey.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chelsey?
About 30,800 people born in the US named Chelsey are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 29 and 37. That makes Chelsey mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Chelsey by state
How common Chelsey was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Chelsey: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chelsey, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Chelsey
What does Chelsey mean?
Chelsey is a spelling of Chelsea, which means “chalk landing place (London place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Chelsey?
Chelsey was the 6370th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 117th with 2,880 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,658 places. More babies were named Chelsey in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Chelsey a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Chelsey in the US.
Where is Chelsey most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chelsey was most common in Georgia (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.