Given name
Chelsi
“from the landing place for chalk”
Chelsi is a variant of Chelsea. One English interpretation is “from the landing place for chalk.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chelsi is a variant of Chelsea. One English interpretation is “from the landing place for chalk.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chelsi is a variant of Chelsea. An origin associated with Chelsea is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chelsi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,050
- 0 boys · 4,050 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 339 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,178 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,178 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 339 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,448 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chelsi’s family of names
In English usage, Chelsi has a related form in Chelsea. Chelsi has a related form in Chelsey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Chelsi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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