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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |