girls:
2.5k births since 1970
#3430 (40th percentile)
boys:
146 births since 1990
#4440 (3rd percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1970
#5187 (33rd percentile)
The name Chesney is the #5,187 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,693 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 33.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,430 (40.0% percentile) for all time with 2,547 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #4,440 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 146 births since 1990.
Chesney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1990 for boys). Birth data for Chesney is available in 51 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (51 years for girls and 19 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Chesney has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Chesney reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 13.4% percentile (ranked #813) with 65 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 65 births per million (ranked 13.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Chesney ranks #886 for girls (6.4% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 58.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Chesney reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #837) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chesney".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Chesney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.5% confident that Chesney is pronounced as CHEHZ-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHEH-snee, at 29.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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