Chelsea

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Chelsea is an English given name derived from the Old English place name ฤ‹ealc hศณรฐ, or the modern Celcyth, meaning chalk landing place. The name evolved to Chelsea, a location on the River Thames that became a London borough known for its wealthy, socially influential residents.

From Wikipedia

Chelsea first appears in the data in 1987 and has been recorded in 32 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 860 babies (rank #28 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Chelsea

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Chelsea yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

8,233
Total babies (all years)
32
Years in the data
860
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
198735#113
198942#109
199147#105
199268#101
1993195#65
1994224#53
1995248#49
1996248#49
1997308#35
1998364#25
1999393#21
2000382#22
2001337#24
2002344#25
2003325#28
2004306#28
2005329#28
2006209#25
2007223#24
2008196#26
2009220#26
2010196#29
2011171#37
2012181#34
2013137#47
2014146#58
2015770#38
2016860#28
2017234#51
2018155#83
2019213#90
2020127#101