Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chesley**

#2,481 most common boys' name of all time · #5,987 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,481
Rank overall
#5,987 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
139 of 146
All-time
2,919
Since 2016
89
Peak year
1923 #1,016
Best rank
#660 1894
Girls Boys peak 48/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Chesley is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 11 11 #7,204
2023 7 7
2022 10 10
2021 7 7 14 #9,735
2020 5 12 17 #6,637
2019 7 7
2018 7 7
2017 8 8
2016 8 8 #8,831
2015 6 8 14 #8,764
2014 10 10 20 #7,570
2013 8 11 19 #7,038
2012 10 10 20 #7,575
2011 6 6 #10,835
2010 13 13 #6,371
2009 10 10 20 #7,709
2008 8 8
2007 5 5
2006 10 10
2005 11 13 24 #5,888
2004 7 6 13 #9,979
2003 6 5 11 #10,922
2002 5 11 16 #6,099
2001 8 10 18 #6,458
2000 10 10 20 #6,337
1999 9 6 15 #8,729
1998 10 14 24 #4,662
1997 12 12 24 #4,979
1996 12 9 21 #6,002
1995 26 11 37 #5,142
1994 23 10 33 #5,469
1993 20 9 29 #5,781
1992 22 10 32 #5,253
1991 16 16 32 #3,644
1990 25 16 41 #3,624
1989 32 16 48 #3,463
1988 25 12 37 #3,923
1987 17 12 29 #3,749
1986 16 11 27 #3,901
1985 17 18 35 #2,724
1984 16 18 34 #2,619
1983 20 25 45 #2,090
1982 16 17 33 #2,724
1981 15 14 29 #3,048
1980 17 22 39 #2,292
1979 7 27 34 #1,950
1978 18 25 43 #1,974
1977 7 17 24 #2,568
1976 6 19 25 #2,334
1975 8 18 26 #2,372
1974 8 10 18 #3,337
1973 6 6
1972 13 13 #2,673
1971 6 18 24 #2,210
1970 5 14 19 #2,525
1969 6 9 15 #3,080
1968 9 9 #2,923
1967 7 16 23 #1,982
1966 16 16 #1,974
1965 17 17 #1,934
1964 15 15 #2,132
1963 18 18 #1,913
1962 5 17 22 #1,977
1961 15 15 #2,160
1960 19 19 #1,868
1959 27 27 #1,529
1958 18 18 #1,902
1957 18 18 #1,898
1956 19 19 #1,833
1955 14 14 #2,155
1954 30 30 #1,388
1953 28 28 #1,433
1952 21 21 #1,672
1951 23 23 #1,560
1950 20 20 #1,670
1949 24 24 #1,509
1948 19 19 #1,712
1947 21 21 #1,661
1946 29 29 #1,303
1945 29 29 #1,230
1944 32 32 #1,179
1943 36 36 #1,146
1942 25 25 #1,387
1941 16 16 #1,767
1940 32 32 #1,192
1939 23 23 #1,399
1938 26 26 #1,313
1937 28 28 #1,271
1936 21 21 #1,471
1935 29 29 #1,250
1934 32 32 #1,182
1933 22 22 #1,465
1932 25 25 #1,400
1931 20 20 #1,602
1930 44 44 #1,042
1929 39 39 #1,119
1928 37 37 #1,172
1927 35 35 #1,232
1926 31 31 #1,308
1925 34 34 #1,230
1924 39 39 #1,158
1923 48 48 #1,016
1922 37 37 #1,185
1921 5 36 41 #1,206
1920 42 42 #1,097
1919 34 34 #1,212
1918 42 42 #1,041
1917 35 35 #1,134
1916 32 32 #1,164
1915 36 36 #1,074
1914 29 29 #1,058
1913 11 11 #1,699
1912 10 10 #1,647
1910 12 12 #950
1909 7 7 #1,194
1908 5 5 #1,424
1907 9 9 #960
1906 6 6 #1,160
1905 9 9 #877
1904 6 6 #1,113
1903 7 7 #959
1902 10 10 #772
1901 7 7 #893
1899 7 7 #893
1898 9 9 #782
1897 8 8 #818
1896 8 8 #863
1894 11 11 #660
1893 5 5 #1,085
1891 6 6 #904
1890 7 7 #846
1889 5 5 #1,023
1888 5 5 #1,079
1886 6 6 #901
1885 6 6 #882
1884 6 6 #909
1882 6 6 #884
1881 7 7 #756
1880 5 5 #948