Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chelsa

#6,578 most common girls' name of all time · #11,087 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1969–2007

Rank among girls
#6,578
Rank overall
#11,087 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
1,107
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1990 #1,809
Best rank
#1,730 1989
Girls Boys peak 80/yr
19802000

Chelsa first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2007 7 7 #14,260
2005 6 6 #14,928
2004 11 11 #9,445
2002 8 8 #11,376
2001 7 7 #12,433
2000 5 5 #15,554
1999 9 9 #9,744
1998 17 17 #5,909
1997 17 17 #5,744
1996 22 22 #4,658
1995 33 33 #3,393
1994 45 45 #2,728
1993 53 53 #2,400
1992 75 75 #1,887
1991 67 67 #2,048
1990 80 80 #1,809
1989 79 79 #1,730
1988 67 67 #1,857
1987 55 55 #2,038
1986 47 47 #2,221
1985 50 50 #2,128
1984 36 36 #2,607
1983 32 32 #2,763
1982 35 35 #2,693
1981 24 24 #3,514
1980 14 14 #5,153
1979 18 18 #4,186
1978 24 24 #3,262
1977 28 28 #2,895
1976 42 42 #2,092
1975 22 22 #3,248
1974 10 10 #5,679
1973 15 15 #4,127
1972 9 9 #5,869
1971 9 9 #5,949
1970 14 14 #4,237
1969 15 15 #3,770