Chessie
- Last seen for girls in 2008 at #13,832
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 610since 1888
Chessie over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Chessie has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Chessie! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Chessie is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Chessie in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chessie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 234 spots in 1889
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1889 at #902 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,818
- Highest: 1 in 19,818 girls born in 1889 were named Chessie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,134 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 18.4% of all girls named Chessie (112) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #902 (1889) | #1,019 |
| 1890s | 24 | #1,136 (1894) | #1,417 |
| 1900s | 70 | #1,007 (1901) | #1,387 |
| 1910s | 105 | #1,171 (1911) | #2,569 |
| 1920s | 112 | #2,263 (1920) | #2,755 |
| 1930s | 57 | #2,289 (1934) | #3,310 |
| 1940s | 46 | #3,208 (1940) | #4,144 |
| 1950s | 7 | #4,385 (1951) | #4,385 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,567 (1961) | #6,567 |
| 1970s | 34 | #7,680 (1974) | #8,530 |
| 1980s | 87 | #5,245 (1980) | #7,433 |
| 1990s | 41 | #8,501 (1990) | #11,144 |
| 2000s | 7 | #13,832 (2008) | #13,832 |
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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