Chelsea: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced CHEL-see · 2 syllables

Chelsea means “chalk; landing place”, from English.

From Old English Cealchyth, from cealc (“chalk”) + hyth (“landing place”).

How popular is Chelsea?

Chelsea was the #851 name in the US in 2025, given to 319 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 68% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Chelsea in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Chelsea are older than 34; most are between 22 and 43. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Chelsea have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Chelsea means “chalk; landing place”. It comes from English.

Chelsea is pronounced CHEL-see.

Chelsea was the #851 name in the US in 2025, given to 319 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 68% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Chelsea are older than 34. Most are between 22 and 43.