girls:
4k births since 1969
#2710 (53rd percentile)
overall:
4k births since 1969
#4313 (44th percentile)
The name Chelsi is the #4,313 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,043 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 44.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,710 (52.6% percentile) for all time with 4,043 births since 1969.
Chelsi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (first recorded for girls in 1969). Birth data for Chelsi is available in 53 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Chelsi reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 37.6% percentile (ranked #531) with 167 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 167 births per million (ranked 37.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1994, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Chelsi ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 3.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chelsi".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Chelsi", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 35 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Chelsea" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Chelsea..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Chelsi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.8% confident that Chelsi is pronounced as CHEHL-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEHL-see, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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