The name Chelsea is a boy's name of English origin meaning "landing place for chalk or limestone".

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Chelsea for a boy?  Yes — and we've got two maleberry Chelseas to prove it (one of whom even wrote a blog for us about his experience)!  Boy Chelseas would more likely be named for the British football team than the old Joni Mitchell song sung by Judy Collins.

Chelsea

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The name Chelsea peaked for boys at #1620 in 1989. Chelsea is also used for girls, ranking #851 in 2025.

The name Chelsea is a girl's name of English origin meaning "landing place for chalk or limestone".

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Chelsea is still being used, with about 400 baby girls named Chelsea in the US last year. But it was much more popular a few decades ago, peaking at Number 15 in 1992. 
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Chelsea first entered the American consciousness in a major way via the character Jane Fonda played in <em>On Golden Pond</em> in 1981 and later of course was frequently in the headlines when Chelsea Clinton (whose name was inspired by the lyric of a the Joni-Mitchell-Judy Collins song "Chelsea Morning") became First Daughter.

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The name Chelsea is currently ranked #851 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #15 in 1992. The name is most popular in CHELSEA, CHELSEA, and CHELSEA. Chelsea is occasionally used for boys in 2018.

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