Chesney
- #2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,257
- Given to girls 94.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 131 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,664since 1970
Chesney over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,778 | 61 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,976 | 55 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #2,646 | 66 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,346 | 79 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,233 | 83 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,682 | 62 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,681 | 64 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #2,869 | 58 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #2,283 | 81 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #2,188 | 88 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,619 | 68 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #2,442 | 74 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #2,137 | 88 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #2,078 | 92 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,664 | 66 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #2,451 | 76 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #2,165 | 92 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #2,218 | 89 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #2,177 | 91 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #1,846 | 110 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #1,553 | 131 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #1,698 | 114 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #2,167 | 80 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #2,028 | 85 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #2,126 | 77 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #2,817 | 51 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,737 | 50 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,244 | 63 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,934 | 41 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,630 | 47 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,733 | 44 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
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| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
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| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five girls were named Chesney! It came in at #6,362, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Chesney is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Tennessee | #1,127 | 5 | 1 in 6,415 |
| Texas | #2,921 | 6 | 1 in 26,757 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 198 spots since 2024 (#2,976 → #2,778)
- 96 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #2,778)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2005 at #1,553 (131 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,106
- Highest: 1 in 14,106 girls born in 2005 were named Chesney (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 34.5% of all girls named Chesney (920) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 55 | #4,931 (1978) | #6,938 |
| 1980s | 150 | #4,122 (1987) | #5,036 |
| 1990s | 378 | #2,244 (1998) | #3,296 |
| 2000s | 920 | #1,553 (2005) | #2,080 |
| 2010s | 755 | #2,078 (2012) | #2,441 |
| 2020s | 406 | #2,233 (2021) | #2,610 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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