Chesnee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- CHEZ-nee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Chesnee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “oak grove”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Chesnee mean?
English: variant of Chesney, an English surname of Norman French origin, from chesnai 'oak grove'
“oak grove”
Variant of Chesney, an English surname of Norman French origin; Chesnee is also a town in South Carolina.
Is Chesnee a girl's or a boy's name?
Chesnee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chesnee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Chesnee, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2004, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Chesnee in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chesnee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
Names like Chesnee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellie Journee Chloe Cadence Brynlee Riley Hallie Lily Macie Presley Callie Kaylee
Names related to Chesnee
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chesnee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chesnee, updated 20 October 2026.