Chelsea
Top 1000
About Chelsea
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.
Chelsea first entered the American consciousness in a major way via the character Jane Fonda played in On Golden Pond 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.
As of October 2026, Chelsea ranked #851 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #15 in 1992, Nameberry popularity #696.
Editor's take: The name Chelsea is a girl's name of English origin meaning "landing place for chalk or limestone".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #275 | 1,195 | 669 |
| 2015 | #309 | 1,057 | 592.1 |
| 2016 | #354 | 933 | 526.5 |
| 2017 | #381 | 818 | 473.8 |
| 2018 | #471 | 664 | 390.3 |
| 2019 | #547 | 557 | 331.9 |
| 2020 | #644 | 449 | 277.8 |
| 2021 | #635 | 465 | 283.4 |
| 2022 | #692 | 424 | 258.5 |
| 2023 | #712 | 396 | 246.8 |
| 2024 | #784 | 358 | 221 |
| 2025 | #851 | 319 | 198.5 |
World rankings
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Famous Chelseas
- Chelsea Victoria Clinton
daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton
- Chelsea Joy Handler
American comedienne, author, and TV personality
- Chelsea Cooley
Miss USA 2005
- Chelsea Noble (born Nancy Mueller)
American actress and wife of Kirk Cameron
- Chelsea Elizabeth Manning (born Bradley Edward Manning)
American activist, whistleblower and former soldier
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
American novelist
- Chelsea Joy Wolfe
American singer,songwriter
- Chelsea Vanessa Peretti
American actress/comedienne
- Chelsea Houska
American TV personality ("Teen Mom 2")
- Chelsea Kane
American actress
- Chelsea Hobbs
Canadian actress
- Chelsea Field (born Kimberly Botfield)
American actress
- Lois "Chelsea" Brown
American actress
- Chelsea Anne Green aka Laurel Van Ness
American pro wrestler
- Chelsea Elizabeth Islan
Indonesian actress
- Chelsea Jean Crowell (b. 1982)
daughter of singers Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell
Chelsea in pop culture
- Chelsea Daniels
character on TV's "That's So Raven"
- Chelsea Yeager
character on TV's "Brothers & Sisters"
- Dr Chelsea Mullins
character on TV's "Melissa & Joey"
- Chelsea Brimmer
character on TV's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"
- Chelsea Fox
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Chelsea Roberts
Barbie's youngest sister
- Chelsea Lutz
character in movie "The Amityville Horror"
- Chelsea Knot
character in "Speechless" by Hannah Harrington
- Chelsea Thayer Wayne
character in "On Golden Pond"
- Chelsea
neighborhoods in both London and New York City
- Chelsea Grin
deathcore band
- "Chelsea
" song by band The Summer Set
- "Chelsea Dagger
" song by The Fratellis
- "Chelsea Morning
" song by Joni Mitchell