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Chelsey Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Chelsey?

Ranking 2,703rd in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Chelsey is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Chelsey has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 117, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1992 with 2,878 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Chelsey in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1968.

Chelsey, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1968-1978, and 1979-1992, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1992-2003, and 2005-2017.

Chelsey became more popular as a girls name in 1969.

Chelsey's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Chelsey be?

The popularity trend for Chelsey has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Chelsey has dropped significantly.

The name Chelsey is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Chelsey has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Chelsey (Girl)Chelsey (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 63 2,703 < 5 --
2017 80 2,298 < 5 --
2016 101 1,968 < 5 --
2015 122 1,715 < 5 --
2014 140 1,554 < 5 --
2013 147 1,499 < 5 --
2012 161 1,417 < 5 --
2011 182 1,292 < 5 --
2010 205 1,185 < 5 --
2009 233 1,092 < 5 --
2008 259 1,016 < 5 --
2007 347 827 < 5 --
2006 342 798 < 5 --
2005 325 798 < 5 --
2004 356 739 < 5 --
2003 380 687 < 5 --
2002 423 605 < 5 --
2001 491 541 < 5 --
2000 580 475 < 5 --
1999 638 432 < 5 --
1998 832 348 < 5 --
1997 1,099 263 < 5 --
1996 1,285 223 < 5 --
1995 1,408 206 < 5 --
1994 1,654 178 < 5 --
1993 2,156 145 < 5 --
1992 2,878 117 6 7,569
1991 2,440 129 < 5 --
1990 2,447 128 9 5,450
1989 2,202 140 8 5,716
1988 1,879 148 16 3,228
1987 1,477 186 7 5,579
1986 807 303 5 6,893
1985 815 300 7 5,233
1984 729 322 7 5,058
1983 535 403 < 5 --
1982 322 569 < 5 --
1981 79 1,516 < 5 --
1980 83 1,459 < 5 --
1979 88 1,401 < 5 --
1978 83 1,397 < 5 --
1977 68 1,578 < 5 --
1976 60 1,642 < 5 --
1975 45 1,965 < 5 --
1974 49 1,803 < 5 --
1973 33 2,313 < 5 --
1972 29 2,463 < 5 --
1971 25 2,812 < 5 --
1970 18 3,454 < 5 --
1969 13 3,982 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.