Chesley
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 78.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,294since 1880
Chesley 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,943 | 27 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,858 | 19 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,522 | 27 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,887 | 18 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,382 | 30 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,427 | 28 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,553 | 23 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,657 | 20 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,501 | 24 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,703 | 19 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,646 | 21 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,299 | 29 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,227 | 29 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,173 | 32 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,140 | 36 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,310 | 26 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,265 | 28 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,463 | 21 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,247 | 29 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,173 | 32 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,456 | 22 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,387 | 25 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,037 | 44 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,165 | 37 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,227 | 35 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,225 | 34 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,152 | 39 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,008 | 48 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,181 | 37 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1920 | — | #1,089 | 42 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,207 | 34 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,035 | 42 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,132 | 35 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,157 | 32 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,068 | 36 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,054 | 29 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Chesley was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Chesley
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 574 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #7,194)
- 1,550 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 404 spots in 1894 (#1,035 → #631)
- Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1908 (#930 → #1,373)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #631 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1896–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,524
- Highest: 1 in 10,524 boys born in 1894 were named Chesley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 16.5% of all boys named Chesley (378) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #706 (1881) | #873 |
| 1890s | 61 | #631 (1894) | #817 |
| 1900s | 66 | #744 (1902) | #998 |
| 1910s | 241 | #928 (1910) | #1,208 |
| 1920s | 378 | #1,008 (1923) | #1,165 |
| 1930s | 270 | #1,037 (1930) | #1,332 |
| 1940s | 263 | #1,140 (1943) | #1,401 |
| 1950s | 218 | #1,382 (1954) | #1,695 |
| 1960s | 151 | #1,858 (1960) | #2,181 |
| 1970s | 161 | #1,943 (1979) | #2,427 |
| 1980s | 165 | #2,085 (1983) | #3,041 |
| 1990s | 113 | #3,607 (1990) | #5,312 |
| 2000s | 65 | #5,875 (2005) | #7,608 |
| 2010s | 66 | #6,359 (2010) | #8,125 |
| 2020s | 30 | #6,620 (2020) | #7,843 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Chesley in 1919
boys
#1,207
34 births · 1 in 28,827 boys
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 28,827 of them was named Chesley, which outranked 74.9% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Chesley
- #1,188Ole35
- #1,188Osborne35
- #1,188Rayfield35
- #1,207Chesley34
- #1,207Bernardo34
- #1,207Caleb34
- #1,207Collins34
- #1,230Adelard33
- #1,230Alvah33
- #1,230Annie33
Tied with 22 names at #1,207; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.