Chesney
Boy
Chesney is a boys' name, meaning “oak grove”. In 2025 it ranked 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Chesney mean?
“oak grove”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Chesney a girl's or a boy's name?
Chesney is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chesney in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 13 boys.
Chesney in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Chesney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Chesney, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 131 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Chesney in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chesney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2022 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2021 | 83 | #2,233 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 81 | #2,283 |
| 2016 | 88 | #2,188 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 74 | #2,442 |
| 2013 | 88 | #2,137 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,078 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,663 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 92 | #2,165 |
| 2008 | 89 | #2,218 |
| 2007 | 91 | #2,177 |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,846 |
| 2005 | 131 | #1,553 |
| 2004 | 114 | #1,697 |
| 2003 | 80 | #2,164 |
| 2002 | 85 | #2,025 |
| 2001 | 77 | #2,122 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,813 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,728 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
Names like Chesney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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