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How popular is the name Chelsea?
Births per year, rank history and how many Chelseas are alive today.
Chelsea (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 983rd in 2025 with 35 given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 1,735 babies were given the name, the 34th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 2% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 16,000 babies have been named Chelsea in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Chelsea is one spelling of a name also recorded as Chelsey and Chelsie; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Chelsea you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Chelseas born in England and Wales are between 26 and 35, and there are at least 30,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 9.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Chelsea.
How many babies are named Chelsea each year?
Includes all spellings: Chelsea, Chelsey, Chelsie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Chelsea spelling rank?
Where does the Chelsey spelling rank?
Where does the Chelsie spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Chelsea most popular?
Chelsea peaked in 1996, when 2,080 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Chelsea?
At least 30,000 people named Chelsea in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Chelsea?
Most living Chelseas are between 26 and 35; the most common age is about 30.
Is Chelsea becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.