Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Chesney

Gender

Male

Origin

English

Pronunciation

ch(es)-ney

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2004 (rank #5241, 15 births); most recent 2024 (rank #7224, 11 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #1552, 131 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2778, 61 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–61
20241155
2023–66
2022–79
2021–82
2020–62
2019764
2018958
2017981
2016–88

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2005 (rank #1457, 13 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4985, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #2164, 7 births); most recent 2003 (rank #4366, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024––
20233–
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2004 (rank #506, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence