Chelsey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- CHEL-see
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Chelsey is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “chalk landing place”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Chelsey mean?
Old English: variant of Chelsea, the London district
“chalk landing place”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Chelsey a girl's or a boy's name?
Chelsey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chelsey in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 200 girls.
Half of all the girls named Chelsey in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Chelsey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2011 | 45 | #872 |
| 2010 | 51 | #772 |
| 2009 | 69 | #605 |
| 2008 | 82 | #521 |
| 2007 | 144 | #344 |
| 2006 | 125 | #371 |
| 2005 | 151 | #310 |
| 2004 | 76 | #496 |
| 2003 | 55 | #594 |
| 2002 | 63 | #523 |
| 2001 | 90 | #396 |
| 2000 | 106 | #355 |
| 1999 | 171 | #263 |
| 1998 | 182 | #255 |
| 1997 | 192 | #239 |
| 1996 | 200 | #225 |
How popular is Chelsey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Chelsey, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 2,880 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had fewer girls named Chelsey than any year since 1970.
Half of all the girls named Chelsey in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 377 girls in the US were given Chelsey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #731, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Chelsey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,451 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,646 |
| 2017 | 83 | #2,257 |
| 2016 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2015 | 123 | #1,711 |
| 2014 | 140 | #1,552 |
| 2013 | 147 | #1,502 |
| 2012 | 161 | #1,416 |
| 2011 | 182 | #1,292 |
| 2010 | 206 | #1,180 |
| 2009 | 233 | #1,091 |
| 2008 | 260 | #1,014 |
| 2007 | 347 | #826 |
| 2006 | 342 | #797 |
| 2005 | 325 | #798 |
| 2004 | 356 | #739 |
| 2003 | 380 | #687 |
| 2002 | 423 | #605 |
| 2001 | 491 | #541 |
| 2000 | 580 | #475 |
| 1999 | 638 | #432 |
| 1998 | 832 | #348 |
| 1997 | 1,099 | #263 |
| 1996 | 1,285 | #223 |
| 1995 | 1,408 | #206 |
| 1994 | 1,655 | #178 |
| 1993 | 2,154 | #145 |
| 1992 | 2,880 | #117 |
| 1991 | 2,440 | #129 |
| 1990 | 2,447 | #128 |
| 1989 | 2,202 | #140 |
| 1988 | 1,878 | #149 |
| 1987 | 1,477 | #186 |
| 1986 | 808 | #303 |
| 1985 | 815 | #300 |
| 1984 | 729 | #322 |
| 1983 | 535 | #403 |
| 1982 | 322 | #569 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,528 |
| 1980 | 83 | #1,460 |
| 1979 | 88 | #1,394 |
| 1978 | 83 | #1,397 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,576 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,638 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,963 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,801 |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
Names like Chelsey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Chloe, Molly, Emily, Amber, Holly, Hannah, Jessica, Erin, Sydney, Zoe, Leah
Other spellings of Chelsey
Names related to Chelsey
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chelsey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chelsey, updated 20 October 2026.