Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is the daughter and only child of former Arkansas Governor and U.S. President Bill Clinton and former United States Senator, First Lady and current United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Clinton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her name was inspired by her parents' fondness for Judy Collins' 1969 recording of the Joni Mitchell song "Chelsea Morning".

Clinton was described as a precocious child; for example, as a toddler, a family friend claims that instead of saying, "I have to get a shot," she would say, "I have to get my immunizations." While in elementary school, Chelsea skipped the third grade. Her parents encouraged her academic excellence, with her father keeping a miniature desk for his daughter in the governor's office when he was Governor of Arkansas.