Shelsea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHEL-see
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Shelsea is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “chalk landing place”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Shelsea mean?
English: spelling of Chelsea, a London place name
“chalk landing place”
Variant of Chelsea, the London district whose Old English name means a landing place for chalk on the Thames.
Is Shelsea a girl's or a boy's name?
Shelsea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shelsea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Shelsea, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1997, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Shelsea in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shelsea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Shelsea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bailey, Chelsea, Savannah, Taylor, Harley, Madison, Riley, Sydney, Peyton, Lily, Hailey, Presley
Names related to Shelsea
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from 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, “Shelsea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shelsea, updated 20 October 2026.