Chelsey

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Chelsey: Recorded since 1990, it reached #221 in 1997, and it stood at #3,899 in 2020.

3registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#221highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#223
1997	#236
1998	#250
1999	#260
2000	#337
2001	#391
2002	#513
2003	#595
2004	#473
2005	#310
2006	#386
2007	#336
2008	#537
2009	#638
2010	#801
2011	#989
2012	#1253
2013	#1484
2014	#1562
2015	#1549
2016	#4096
2017	#2925
2018	#4684
2019	#4686
2020	#3899

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2020.

In 2014: #876 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1562 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1990–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #517 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2012
Highest recorded position: #221 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2012).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #3899 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Chelsey appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 25 ranked years and 1,718 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1990.

Chelsey across 3 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.

Chelsey'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
England and Wales · Girls	#223 (1996)	#223 (1996)	#3899 (2020)	25 of 25	1,718 (1996–2020)	184 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#517 (1990)	#284 (2000)	#876 (2014)	22 of 25	135 (1990–2014)	11 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#221 (1997)	#221 (1997)	#383 (2012)	10 of 16	49 (1997–2012)	7 (1997)

Chelsey by decade in England and Wales · 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 Chelsey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	666	4 of 10	167
2000sbusiest	860	10 of 10	86
2010s	187	10 of 10	19
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 86 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births rose by 60, from 73 to 133.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Chelsey 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 3 regions, from 1990 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #221 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Chelsey'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#989	35	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#801	45	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#638	58	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#537	71	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#336	129	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#386	109	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#310	133	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#473	73	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#595	49	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#513	58	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#391	80	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#337	100	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#260	152	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#250	158	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#236	172	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#223	184	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#268	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#254	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#259	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#221	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	8	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#415	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1990 and 2020, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #221, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 184 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 7 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.

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Chelsie · #227, 27y
Chelsy · #413, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Becky · #220, 25y
Charis · #220, 29y
Demi-Leigh · #220, 29y
Lionel · #222, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cathan · #221, 19y
Emma-Louise · #221, 23y
Pelle · #221, 29y
Becky · #220, 25y

Chelsey was ranked #221 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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.

Chelsey 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 Chelsey without appearing here.

Chelsey moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #5591.
Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #655 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #555 and #910.
Carmel Compare
In 2005 they stood at #511 and #511 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #464 and #764.
Tina Compare
In 2005 they stood at #587 and #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #464 and #764.

Moved ahead of Chelsey

Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1711.
Kylie Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1549 and #1783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #1241.
Clodagh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1549 and #1961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #1370.
Susan Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1549 and #1601 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #1525.

Moved the opposite way to Chelsey

Abigail Compare
Between 1990 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsey went from #517 to #876 while Abigail went from #380 to #55.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Chelsey went from #223 to #3899 while Ada went from #2683 to #38.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1990 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsey went from #517 to #876 while Alexandra went from #203 to #83.
Alice Compare
Between 1990 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chelsey went from #517 to #876 while Alice went from #110 to #59.

Moved the same way as Chelsey

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Chelsey went from #223 to #3899 and Abigail from #21 to #87.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Chelsey went from #223 to #3899 and Aimee from #70 to #749.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Chelsey went from #223 to #3899 and Aisling from #440 to #1556.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Chelsey went from #223 to #3899 and Alex from #161 to #1556.

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 3 regions, from 1990 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #221 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Chelsey

Chelsey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chelsey across 3 official records

Chelsey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Chelsey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Chelsey

Chelsey and the names beside it

Chelsey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Chelsey

Moved the opposite way to Chelsey

Moved the same way as Chelsey

Chelsey at a glance

Chelsey across 3 official records

Chelsey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Chelsey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Chelsey

Chelsey and the names beside it

Chelsey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Chelsey

Moved the opposite way to Chelsey

Moved the same way as Chelsey