Chesney
Recorded 1970–2025 · United States
Chesney was most popular in 2005, when 141 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,605 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,897, with 61 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,821 people named Chesney.
Chesney over time
How old is the name Chesney?
Chesney first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1970, which makes it about 55 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 53 of the 56 years since.
How many people are named Chesney?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,821 American births named Chesney between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,789 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Chesney in 2025?
61 American babies were named Chesney in 2025, ranking #4,897 that year.
Is Chesney getting more or less popular?
Chesney is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 71 births a year, against 83 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -14% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Chesney a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Chesney is mostly a girl’s name — 94.4% of the 2,821 Americans given it were girls and 5.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 95% girls and 5% 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 old is someone named Chesney?
Roughly 2,789 Americans named Chesney are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 10 and 25.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Chesney is most concentrated
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