Chesney Girl
How popular is Chesney?
#2,778 girl name in 2025
61 baby girls were named Chesney in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name.
Chesney popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,778 for girls (▲ 198 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 61 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,619 in 2015, #2,682 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (131 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,553 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 5% boys, 95% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Chesney counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Chesney family of names ranked #1,936 for girls in 2025 (#2,243 the year before), with 71 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chesney | 61 | 86% |
| Chesnee | 5 | 7% |
| Chezni | 5 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Chesney is most popular
Babies named Chesney per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Chesney by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 55 | #4,931 |
| 1980s | 150 | #4,119 |
| 1990s | 378 | #2,241 |
| 2000s | 920 | #1,553 |
| 2010s | 755 | #2,078 |
| 2020s | 406 | #2,233 |
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Questions
- Is Chesney a boy or girl name?
- Chesney is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Chesney were girls.
- How popular is the name Chesney?
- 61 baby girls were named Chesney in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name.
- When was Chesney most popular?
- Chesney peaked in 2005, when 131 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,553 in 2005.
- How many people are named Chesney?
- 2,821 babies have been named Chesney in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,792 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Chesney most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Chesney was most common in Missouri, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.