Chelsie
Chelsie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Chelsie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chelsie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Chelsie
Chelsie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1936, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 1,223 births, good for #227 nationwide. About 52% of every Chelsie on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Chelsie ranks #6,530 for baby girls with 17 births, falling sharply (-22%). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Chelsie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Chelsie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Chelsie
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About the name Chelsie
Chelsie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1936 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Chelsie's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #227. Use the chart and map above to compare Chelsie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.