Is Chelsee a boy or girl name?

Chelsee is a girl’s name. Of the 1,742 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Chelsee

Recorded 1977–2022 · United States

Chelsee was most popular in 1992, when 165 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,873 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,742 people named Chelsee.

Chelsee over time

Births per year. The dot marks Chelsee’s peak in 1992. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chelsee a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chelsee is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,742 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Chelsee

Where Chelsee is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org