Chesley

Where Chesley comes from

The dictionaries list Chesley as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Chesley Bonestell born
    American science fiction and space illustrator
  3. 1894
    Peak, #631
    11 babies named Chesley — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1951
    Chesley Sullenberger born
    American commercial airline pilot
  6. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Chesley Sullenberger · American commercial airline pilot, born 1951
  • Chesley Bonestell · American science fiction and space illustrator, 1888–1986
  • Chesley William Carter · Canadian politician, 1902–1994
  • Chesley V. Morton · American stockbroker, securities arbitrator, born 1951
  • Chesley G. Peterson · United States Air Force Major General, 1920–1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.