Chelsea

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Chelsea: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Chelsea: Recorded every year since 1987, it reached #19 in 1994, and it stood at #608 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
130times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#19highest recorded position
36groupings it qualifies for
53names it appears alongside

What stands out in Chelsea's record

Held a top-100 place for 34 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 1,735 births with the name in 1996, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Appears alongside 53 other names across 7 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#34
1997	#35
1998	#39
1999	#43
2000	#51
2001	#66
2002	#78
2003	#75
2004	#86
2005	#111
2006	#116
2007	#135
2008	#176
2009	#207
2010	#220
2011	#336
2012	#326
2013	#350
2014	#473
2015	#455
2016	#485
2017	#514
2018	#767
2019	#881
2020	#840
2021	#779
2022	#857
2023	#981
2024	#1230

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 35 of the 37 years from 1989 to 2025.

In 2024: #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1230 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1987–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #65 among girls in New Zealand in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Highest recorded1987–2008
Highest recorded position: #19 among girls in New Zealand, in 1994 (recorded 1987–2008).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Chelsea appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 35 ranked years and 947 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Girls, from 1987.

Chelsea across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Chelsea's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#408 (1989)	#54 (1999)	#608 (2025)	35 of 37	947 (1989–2025)	85 (1999)
England and Wales · Girls	#34 (1996)	#34 (1996)	#1230 (2024)	29 of 29	13,049 (1996–2024)	1,735 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#85 (1993)	#23 (1999)	#97 (2020)	28 of 28	4,548 (1993–2020)	226 (1999)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#50 (1997)	#35 (1998)	#407 (2024)	18 of 28	382 (1997–2024)	66 (1998)
New Zealand · Girls	#65 (1987)	#19 (1994)	#98 (2008)	20 of 22	1,943 (1987–2008)	182 (1994)

Chelsea by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Chelsea in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	5	1 of 10	5
1990sbusiest	416	10 of 10	42
2000s	368	10 of 10	37
2010s	137	10 of 10	14
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 42 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1999 and 2000, when recorded births fell by 29, from 85 to 56.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Chelsea appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #19 in New Zealand in 1994.

Chelsea's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1230	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#981	35	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#857	41	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#779	47	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#840	43	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#881	41	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#767	50	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#514	83	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#485	89	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#455	95	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#473	91	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#350	130	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#326	150	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#336	143	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#220	228	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#207	245	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#176	298	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#135	413	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#116	458	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#111	454	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#86	604	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#75	684	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#78	670	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#66	777	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#51	998	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#43	1,261	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#39	1,510	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#35	1,649	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#34	1,735	High	Verified
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	181	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	171	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	196	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#26	220	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#26	196	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#24	223	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#25	209	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	197	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	171	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	190	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#28	204	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	181	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#25	223	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#23	226	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	217	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	196	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	150	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New Zealand	female	#98	45	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#63	63	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#81	50	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#90	47	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#85	46	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#78	54	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#55	74	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#51	85	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#64	66	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#44	96	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#41	107	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#35	117	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#19	182	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#24	161	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#34	144	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#33	142	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#39	130	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#44	112	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#31	139	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#65	83	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#187	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#114	18	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#159	12	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#82	25	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#122	16	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#82	25	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#65	35	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#59	37	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#54	41	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#35	66	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#50	46	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	13	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	21	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	17	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	19	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	20	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	22	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#358	13	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	25	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	42	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	41	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	32	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	40	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	40	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	33	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	46	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#81	56	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	85	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	70	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#78	70	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	51	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	39	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	32	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	37	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	18	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1987 and 2025, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #19, first reached in 1994.

It held a top-100 place in 34 years, 34 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,735 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1989, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Che · #167, 29y
Cheikh · #2728, 11y
Chelsey · #221, 30y
Chelsie · #227, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kimberley · #27, 44y
Lewis · #10, 42y
Ashleigh · #8, 44y
Courtney · #8, 41y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Kayla · #18, 41y
Phoebe · #17, 39y
Beau · #22, 39y
Rian · #22, 36y

Comparisons involving Chelsea

Existing comparison pages where Chelsea and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Chelsea in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Olivia vs Chelsea
In 1996 they stood at #24 and #34 in England and Wales · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2024 they were #1 and #1230.
Olivia · Chelsea · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Grace vs Chelsea
In 1996 they stood at #41 and #34 in England and Wales · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2024 they were #25 and #1230.
Grace · Chelsea · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Alice vs Chelsea
In 1996 they stood at #25 and #34 in England and Wales · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2024 they were #49 and #1230.
Alice · Chelsea · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Chelsea within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Madison vs Chelsea
Across 26 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Madison and Chelsea averaged 7.9 places apart, ending at #89 and #76.
Madison · Chelsea · 26 shared years, 1993–2018 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2018 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Maddison vs Chelsea
Across 28 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Maddison and Chelsea averaged 12.3 places apart, ending at #87 and #97.
Maddison · Chelsea · 28 shared years, 1993–2020 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2020 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Chelsea and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Catherine vs Chelsea
In New Zealand · Girls, Chelsea moved into the top 50 at #31 in 1988 as Catherine fell out of it to #55, having been #46 the year before.
Catherine · Chelsea · 12 shared years, 1987–2001 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1988 New Zealand ranking
Erin vs Chelsea
In New Zealand · Girls, Chelsea moved into the top 50 at #31 in 1988 as Erin fell out of it to #52, having been #47 the year before.
Erin · Chelsea · 10 shared years, 1987–2004 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1988 New Zealand ranking
Danielle vs Chelsea
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Chelsea moved into the top 50 at #37 in 1997 as Danielle fell out of it to #54, having been #33 the year before.
Danielle · Chelsea · 10 shared years, 1993–2002 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1997 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Chelsea was ranked #19 in New Zealand · Girls in 1994. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Chelsea and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Chelsea without appearing here.

Chelsea moved ahead of

Judith Compare
In 2021 they stood at #716 and #551 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #559 and #905.
Audrey Compare
In 2024 they stood at #856 and #856 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #608 and #885.
Christine Compare
In 2024 they stood at #856 and #856 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #608 and #885.
Jenna Compare
In 2024 they stood at #856 and #445 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #608 and #885.

Moved ahead of Chelsea

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #881 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #840 and #460.
Helen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #981 and #1030 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #885.
Stephanie Compare
In 2017 they stood at #514 and #526 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #767 and #440.
Roisin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #981 and #1008 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #934.

Moved the opposite way to Chelsea

Alice Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsea went from #408 to #608 while Alice went from #118 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsea went from #408 to #608 while Anna went from #59 to #26.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsea went from #408 to #608 while Caoimhe went from #95 to #31.
Hannah Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsea went from #408 to #608 while Hannah went from #93 to #21.

Moved the same way as Chelsea

Aoife Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsea went from #408 to #608 and Aoife from #10 to #34.
Audrey Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsea went from #408 to #608 and Audrey from #152 to #885.
Martina Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsea went from #408 to #608 and Martina from #75 to #325.
Rita Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsea went from #408 to #608 and Rita from #250 to #718.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #19 in New Zealand in 1994. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Chelsea

Chelsea at a glance

What stands out in Chelsea's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chelsea across 5 official records

Chelsea by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Chelsea appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Comparisons involving Chelsea

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Names published alongside Chelsea

Chelsea and the names beside it

Chelsea moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Chelsea

Moved the opposite way to Chelsea

Moved the same way as Chelsea

Chelsea at a glance

What stands out in Chelsea's record

Chelsea across 5 official records

Chelsea by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Chelsea appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Comparisons involving Chelsea

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Names published alongside Chelsea

Chelsea and the names beside it

Chelsea moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Chelsea

Moved the opposite way to Chelsea

Moved the same way as Chelsea