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.

Chelsea

#251 most common girls' name of all time · #464 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1910–2025

Rank among girls
#251
Rank overall
#464 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
163,335
Since 2016
5,390
Peak year
1992 #15
Best rank
#15 1992
Girls Boys peak 16,199/yr
192019401960198020002020

Chelsea first appears in 1910. 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
2025 319 — 319 #852
2024 358 — 358 #789
2023 397 — 397 #712
2022 424 — 424 #694
2021 466 — 466 #636
2020 449 — 449 #645
2019 557 — 557 #546
2018 664 5 669 #471
2017 818 — 818 #381
2016 933 — 933 #354
2015 1,057 6 1,063 #309
2014 1,196 — 1,196 #275
2013 1,179 — 1,179 #272
2012 1,356 — 1,356 #235
2011 1,425 — 1,425 #222
2010 1,417 — 1,417 #223
2009 1,429 — 1,429 #232
2008 1,518 — 1,518 #222
2007 1,644 — 1,644 #209
2006 1,824 — 1,824 #192
2005 1,734 — 1,734 #200
2004 1,752 11 1,763 #195
2003 1,838 — 1,838 #176
2002 1,785 7 1,792 #179
2001 2,120 — 2,120 #153
2000 2,380 — 2,380 #140
1999 2,725 8 2,733 #122
1998 3,518 7 3,525 #94
1997 4,461 7 4,468 #73
1996 5,864 9 5,873 #55
1995 6,761 14 6,775 #47
1994 7,718 14 7,732 #38
1993 11,287 18 11,305 #25
1992 16,177 22 16,199 #15
1991 13,509 32 13,541 #18
1990 12,785 33 12,818 #24
1989 11,252 49 11,301 #27
1988 8,879 30 8,909 #33
1987 6,631 22 6,653 #47
1986 3,753 19 3,772 #73
1985 3,613 18 3,631 #75
1984 3,530 18 3,548 #84
1983 2,708 12 2,720 #102
1982 1,715 8 1,723 #170
1981 542 — 542 #408
1980 540 5 545 #412
1979 443 7 450 #459
1978 505 7 512 #410
1977 482 — 482 #421
1976 441 6 447 #442
1975 351 6 357 #511
1974 377 — 377 #474
1973 240 — 240 #630
1972 218 — 218 #680
1971 202 — 202 #740
1970 226 — 226 #693
1969 201 — 201 #703
1968 42 — 42 #1,843
1967 6 — 6 #6,192
1966 8 — 8 #4,961
1965 7 — 7 #5,406
1964 8 — 8 #5,122
1963 6 — 6 #6,052
1961 5 — 5 #6,746
1960 9 — 9 #4,541
1959 7 — 7 #5,166
1957 6 — 6 #5,545
1956 — 5 5 —
1954 7 — 7 #4,791
1952 5 — 5 #5,760
1950 6 — 6 #4,895
1944 — 5 5 —
1942 5 — 5 #4,863
1935 5 — 5 #4,441
1932 5 — 5 #4,650
1930 5 5 10 #4,783
1927 7 — 7 #4,046
1926 5 — 5 #5,102
1925 6 — 6 #4,611
1924 — 6 6 —
1922 7 — 7 #4,186
1920 — 5 5 —
1919 5 7 12 #5,033
1918 7 6 13 #4,064
1916 — 7 7 —
1915 7 — 7 #3,632
1914 — 5 5 —
1910 5 — 5 #2,716