Feminine dossier · first seen 1910

Chelsea

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Chelsea
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.8% from peak

Peak era

1992

Peak rank proxy

16,177

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1910Peak 19922024

Peak year

1992

Decline from peak

97.8%

2024

358

All-time

162,562

Chelsea once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1992, when 16,177 girls were named Chelsea.

In 2024, only 358 girls were given the name.

Down 97.8% from its peak.

All told, about 162,562 Americans have been named Chelsea and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1910.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.8% from peak

199216,177 girls named Chelsea

2024358 girls named Chelsea

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