Chelsa
Girl · CHEL-sa · English
Chelsa is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “chalk landing place”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chelsa mean?
English: variant of Chelsea, from Old English cealc 'chalk' and hyth 'landing place'
“chalk landing place”
Spelling variant of Chelsea, the London district whose name comes from Old English words for chalk and landing place.
- Say it
- CHEL-sa
Is Chelsa a girl's or a boy's name?
Chelsa is a girls' name.
How popular is Chelsa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Chelsa in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chelsa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1991 | 67 | #2,028 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,792 |
| 1989 | 79 | #1,713 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,835 |
| 1987 | 55 | #2,023 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,194 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,099 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
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