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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Chesley

Chesley was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 3267th with 32 babies. More babies were named Chesley in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
57% girls, 43% boys2021–2025
Peak year
198932 babies
Total since 1880
2,919babies recorded

Chesley popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025—#7,283—11
2020#15,622#6,704512
2010—#6,410—13
2000#9,307#6,3941010
1990#4,031#3,6272516
1980#4,355#2,2901722
1970#8,194#2,521514
1960—#1,867—19
1950—#1,662—20
1940—#1,187—32
1930—#1,039—44
1920—#1,092—42
1910—#938—12
1900————
1890—#822—7
1880—#937—5

How popular is Chesley, counting every spelling?

Chesley has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Chesley?

About 600 people born in the US named Chesley are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 25 and 42. That makes Chesley mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Chesley by state

How common Chesley was among girls born in each state in 1987–1991, around its peak. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNC0.04South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Chesley, girls, 1987–1991. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Chesley: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chesley, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Chesley

How popular is the name Chesley?

Chesley was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 3267th with 32 babies. More babies were named Chesley in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Chesley a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 57% girls, 43% boys given the name Chesley in the US.

Where was Chesley most popular?

In 1987–1991, Chesley was most common in North Carolina (0.04 per 1,000 girls).