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Chelli

Chelli is a girl's name that peaked in 1964, when it was the 3,379th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 1978. About 80 Chellis are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 55.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 4 8 12 16 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

girls named Chelli

By the numbers

Total US births
86
Estimated living today
80
Median age today
55
Peak year
1964
Best rank
3,379th
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1962

How old the living Chellis are

Born with the name each year, and how many of them are alive today, 1880 to 2025 0 4 8 12 16 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

born that year still alive today

Of the 86 babies given the name since 1962, about 80 are alive — 91 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1970 and half after.

An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.

Names of 1964

The most popular girls’ names the year Chelli peaked:

All the names of 1964

Related names

Chelli against another name

Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.