How Many People Are Named Chelle?
An estimated 297 people in the United States have the first name Chelle. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 53 years old, and Chelle peaked in popularity in 1960 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Chelle as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Chelle paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
297
About 1 in 1,154,055 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
53
years old
Peak Year
1960
17 births
Total Registered
343
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Chelle
Chelle is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 343 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Chelle as a female name
Ranked #12,080 in 1994
6 female births in 1994
Peak: 1960 (17 births)
Chelle: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Chelle span from the 1950s to the 1990s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 126 babies were registered. While Chelle is less common than at its peak in the 1960s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Chelle by Decade
How has Chelle tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Chelle by State
Chelle + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Chelle as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Chelle
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Chelle: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Chelle?
We estimate approximately 297 people named Chelle are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,154,055 Americans share this first name.
Is Chelle a common name?
Chelle is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 343 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Chelle most popular?
Chelle reached peak popularity in 1960, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Chelle is approximately 53 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Chelle a female name?
Chelle is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Chelle Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Chelle Smith, Chelle Johnson, Chelle Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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