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 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#687 · 1 in 3,857
- Oklahoma#747 · 1 in 3,444
- Indiana#845 · 1 in 4,528
- Tennessee#1,019 · 1 in 6,104
- North Carolina#1,218 · 1 in 7,736
Best ever in a state: #375 in Tennessee, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #687 | 5 | 1 in 3,857 |
| Oklahoma | #747 | 5 | 1 in 3,444 |
| Indiana | #845 | 7 | 1 in 4,528 |
| Tennessee | #1,019 | 5 | 1 in 6,104 |
| North Carolina | #1,218 | 6 | 1 in 7,736 |
| Georgia | #1,525 | 5 | 1 in 10,145 |
| Texas | #1,994 | 10 | 1 in 16,667 |
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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 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 19,969 of them was named Chesney, which outranked 89.3% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,148Saydee93
- #2,148Venus93
- #2,148Zariya93
- #2,165Chesney92
- #2,165Alona92
- #2,165Analee92
- #2,165Cinthia92
- #2,183Breanne91
- #2,183Brooklin91
- #2,183Dereon91
Tied with 17 names at #2,165; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 330,596 of them was named Chesney, which outranked 24.4% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,864Zyreon7
- #9,864Zyshawn7
- #9,864Zytavious7
- #10,994Chesney6
- #10,994Aaban6
- #10,994Aareon6
- #10,994Aasir6
- #12,491Aadesh5
- #12,491Aadhav5
- #12,491Aadrian5
Tied with 1,496 names at #10,994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.