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.

Chesney*

#3,585 most common girls' name of all time · #6,128 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1970–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#3,585
Rank overall
#6,128 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
2,821
Since 2016
733
Peak year
2005 #1,558
Best rank
#1,558 2005
Girls Boys peak 141/yr
198020002020

Chesney first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 61 — 61 #2,800
2024 55 11 66 #2,992
2023 66 — 66 #2,662
2022 79 — 79 #2,357
2021 83 — 83 #2,242
2020 62 — 62 #2,697
2019 64 7 71 #2,695
2018 58 9 67 #2,881
2017 81 9 90 #2,291
2016 88 — 88 #2,198
2015 68 5 73 #2,631
2014 74 10 84 #2,456
2013 88 6 94 #2,144
2012 92 — 92 #2,088
2011 66 6 72 #2,680
2010 76 10 86 #2,463
2009 92 6 98 #2,177
2008 89 7 96 #2,223
2007 91 9 100 #2,187
2006 110 5 115 #1,856
2005 131 10 141 #1,558
2004 114 15 129 #1,709
2003 80 9 89 #2,181
2002 85 5 90 #2,041
2001 77 7 84 #2,141
2000 51 — 51 #2,837
1999 50 — 50 #2,763
1998 63 — 63 #2,260
1997 41 — 41 #2,958
1996 47 — 47 #2,654
1995 31 — 31 #3,537
1994 29 — 29 #3,755
1993 28 — 28 #3,850
1992 44 6 50 #2,755
1991 23 — 23 #4,437
1990 22 5 27 #4,474
1989 19 — 19 #4,775
1988 18 — 18 #4,773
1987 20 — 20 #4,225
1986 16 — 16 #4,871
1985 11 — 11 #6,291
1984 13 — 13 #5,418
1983 12 — 12 #5,717
1982 17 — 17 #4,478
1981 11 — 11 #6,167
1980 13 — 13 #5,453
1979 7 — 7 #8,596
1978 13 — 13 #5,148
1977 7 — 7 #8,119
1976 9 — 9 #6,450
1975 7 — 7 #7,738
1973 5 — 5 #9,266
1970 7 — 7 #6,986