Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Chesley was most popular in 1923, when 48 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,040 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,919 people named Chesley.
Across the whole record Chesley is a unisex name — 21.4% of the 2,919 Americans given it were girls and 78.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 1992 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 57% girls and 43% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org