Chelsy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- CHEL-see
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Chelsy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “chalk landing place”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Chelsy mean?
English: spelling of Chelsie, itself a variant of Chelsea, a London district, from Old English
“chalk landing place”
Variant of Chelsea, named after the district of London on the Thames.
Meaning borrowed from Chelsie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Chelsy a girl's or a boy's name?
Chelsy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chelsy in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 43 girls.
Half of all the girls named Chelsy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chelsy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 30 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 43 | #818 |
| 2006 | 41 | #809 |
| 2005 | 36 | #845 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Chelsy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Chelsy, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1992, with 225 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Chelsy in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 377 girls in the US were given Chelsy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #731, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Chelsy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 78 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 72 | #2,584 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 75 | #2,459 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 68 | #2,478 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 77 | #2,122 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 65 | #2,280 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,771 |
| 1997 | 107 | #1,512 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,508 |
| 1995 | 128 | #1,298 |
| 1994 | 156 | #1,138 |
| 1993 | 172 | #1,057 |
| 1992 | 225 | #876 |
| 1991 | 188 | #992 |
| 1990 | 153 | #1,126 |
| 1989 | 122 | #1,285 |
| 1988 | 136 | #1,128 |
| 1987 | 137 | #1,104 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,716 |
| 1985 | 78 | #1,551 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,633 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Nicknames for Chelsy
- Chels
Names like Chelsy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily, Holly, Emily, Molly, Amber, Chloe, Ivy, Jasmine, Daisy, Ellie, Autumn, Hannah
Other spellings of Chelsy
Names related to Chelsy
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison
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, “Chelsy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chelsy, updated 20 October 2026.