Chelsea

What Chelsea means

Means “chalk + landing place”

From Old English Ċealchȳþ, from cealc (“chalk”) +‎ hȳþ (“landing place”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Chelsea” (revision 94535444), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Chelsea?

US: Falling: down from #309 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #455 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1992, when 16,177 girls got the name (#15 that year). First in the US records in 1910.

How common

• About 1 in 5,038 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,237 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AR (0.47 per 1,000 girls), IL (0.43 per 1,000 girls), NC (0.43 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Chelsea is #851 in the US and #983 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Chelsea were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Chelsie18 US · 3 E&W
• Shelsea5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Chelsea

Girls

• Savannah#135From the word “savannah”^*
• Dakota#295“ally”^*
• Brooklyn#118“wetland, marsh”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Amy#257“beloved”^*
• Elizabeth#17“my God is an oath”^*

For a brother

• Dallas#238“dweller at the house in the dale”^*
• Jeremy#292Form of Jeremiah, meaning “Yahweh exalt”^*
• Edward#224“wealth, riches + ward, guard”^*
• Derek#284Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1989, with 8,365 babies; 1,191 in 2025
• Aaron#80Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1989, with 15,308 babies; 4,041 in 2025
• Paul#262“small”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a place name where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Chelsea’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.