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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#512 · 1 in 2,813
- North Carolina#676 · 1 in 3,783
- Indiana#677 · 1 in 4,063
- Utah#686 · 1 in 3,680
- Alabama#717 · 1 in 3,947
Best ever in a state: #375 in Tennessee, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #512 | 7 | 1 in 2,813 |
| North Carolina | #676 | 12 | 1 in 3,783 |
| Indiana | #677 | 8 | 1 in 4,063 |
| Utah | #686 | 5 | 1 in 3,680 |
| Alabama | #717 | 5 | 1 in 3,947 |
| Wisconsin | #777 | 5 | 1 in 5,009 |
| Tennessee | #964 | 5 | 1 in 6,215 |
| Michigan | #1,085 | 6 | 1 in 7,893 |
| Georgia | #1,137 | 7 | 1 in 7,342 |
| Texas | #1,705 | 11 | 1 in 14,600 |
| California | #3,123 | 6 | 1 in 38,404 |
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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.
See more about Chesney
- 198 spots since 2024 (#2,976 → #2,778)
- 96 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #2,778)
- 159 spots since 2015 (#2,619 → #2,778)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2005 at #1,553 (131 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 34.5% of all girls named Chesney (920) were born in this decade
- 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.
Chesney in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 14,106 of them was named Chesney, which outranked 91.9% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,547Kailynn132
- #1,547Karime132
- #1,547Lynette132
- #1,553Chesney131
- #1,553Brynlee131
- #1,553Carys131
- #1,553Edna131
- #1,565Carmella130
- #1,565Dariana130
- #1,565Deisy130
Tied with 11 names at #1,553; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 199,731 of them was named Chesney, which outranked 46.9% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,634Zoltan11
- #6,634Zubair11
- #6,634Zyier11
- #7,096Chesney10
- #7,096Aadarsh10
- #7,096Aaliyah10
- #7,096Aarin10
- #7,640Aashish9
- #7,640Abdelaziz9
- #7,640Abdoulie9
Tied with 543 names at #7,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.