Chesley was the #7,194 boys' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies).
Chesley as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#7,194 (11)
2021
#9,714 (7)
2020
#6,620 (12)
2016
#8,816 (8)
2015
#8,744 (8)
2014
#7,562 (10)
2013
#7,026 (11)
2012
#7,559 (10)
2011
#10,808 (6)
2010
#6,359 (13)
2009
#7,692 (10)
2005
#5,875 (13)
2004
#9,948 (6)
2003
#10,894 (5)
2002
#6,088 (11)
Chesley as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2023
#12,197 (7)
2022
#9,680 (10)
2021
#12,206 (7)
2020
#15,088 (5)
2019
#12,448 (7)
2018
#12,464 (7)
2017
#11,615 (8)
2015
#14,482 (6)
2014
#10,129 (10)
2013
#11,969 (8)
2012
#10,429 (10)
2009
#10,679 (10)
2008
#12,579 (8)
2007
#17,636 (5)
2006
#10,611 (10)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1894 at #631.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
In 2021, 50% of US babies named Chesley were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.